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…
NASA's SOFIA flying observatory makes a low pass over NASA Ames Research Center prior to landing at Moffett Field for…
On a hazy day over Edwards Air Force Base flight test range, A NASA F/A-18 mission support aircraft maintains tight…
With the sliding door over its 17-ton infrared telescope wide open, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – or SOFIA…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP reached a milestone Dec. 18, 2009, when the doors covering the aircraft's German-built…
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly rests in its transportation cradle prior to reinstallation in NASA's airborne laboratory on Oct. 8, 2008.
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP lands at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., following a test flight…
The main mirror for NASA's new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from…
