ED09-0279-15 This close up of SOFIA's German-built telescope assembly offers a view of both the primary and secondary mirrors, the…
This close-up of the German-built telescope assembly seen through the open telescope cavity door in the side of NASA's SOFIA…
The rear fuselage of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's 747SP is illuminated during telescope testing operations in preparation for…
Several NASA aircraft, including the SOFIA observatory in the foreground, the DC-8 airborne laboratory, an ER-2 high-altitude science aircraft and…
The German-built 100-inch telescope that is the heart of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy is nestled in the SOFIA…
Several NASA science aircraft, including (from bottom) the SOFIA observatory, the DC-8 airborne laboratory and an ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, along…
The High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation, or HIPO, instrument was installed on the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy telescope Nov.…
Thousands of NASA Ames employees and their families toured NASA's SOFIA flying observatory during its first visit to NASA Ames…
NASA's highly modified Boeing 747SP SOFIA observatory banks low over the Texas countryside as it heads for landing at Waco…
After a brief visit to NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field near San Jose, Calif., NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for…
