Erik Lindbergh, grandson of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, rededicated the SOFIA Boeing 747SP as the Clipper Lindbergh at NASA Dryden…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force…
Logos of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are displayed prominently on the tail of the Stratospheric Observatory for…
The NASA and German Aerospace Center SOFIA airborne infrared observatory took flight for the first time April 26, 2007, from…
In this long-exposure image, the 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out at a starry sky from its cavity in the rear…
Technicians carefully guide SOFIA's primary mirror assembly on its transport cradle into a clean room where it is being prepared…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP lifts off on a test mission from an Air Force Plant 42 runway…
An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden Aircraft…
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory tracked the star Polaris during characterization tests…
This high forward oblique view of Rima Ariadaeus on the moon was photographed by the Apollo 10 crew in May…
