This backlit photo of SOFIA's infrared telescope during characterization testing shows the cell-like construction of the telescope's 2.5-meter primary mirror.
NASA Completes First Checkout Flight of Airborne Observatory WACO, Texas - NASA today successfully completed the first of several planned…
With the door to the cavity housing its 2.5-meter infrared telescope wide open, NASA's Stratospheric for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP…
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…
