In the cold vacuum of space, radiation from massive stars carves away at cold molecular clouds, creating bizarre, fantasy-like structures.…
A last quarter crescent moon above Earth's horizon is featured in this image photographed by the Expedition 24 crew on…
A technician examines the instrument mounting structure and bulkhead of the German-built infrared telescope installed in NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory.
Technicians carefully fill the FORCAST camera's dewers with liquid helium to cool the instrument during pre-installation checkout.
A sharp eye can pick out faint specks of stars reflected by the 100-inch (2.5 meter) primary mirror on NASA's…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP flies over California's Mojave Desert during a functional check flight Dec. 9, 2009.
A rotating external door (white) was installed over the telescope cavity in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA Boeing 747SP…
With a protective cover over its primary mirror, the high-tech German-built infrared telescope is nested in its framework inside the…
With a protective sun cover over its primary mirror, the high-tech German-built infrared telescope is nested in its framework inside…
Composite infrared image of Jupiter from SOFIA's first light flight at wavelengths of 5.4 (blue), 24 (green) and 37 microns…
