NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP shows off its new blue-and-white livery at L-3 Communications' Integrated Systems in Waco,…
NASA's SOFIA observatory with a NASA F/A-18 trailing in chase soars over California City in the desert north of Edwards…
NASA's newly painted Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP is pushed back from L-3 Communications' Integrated Systems hangar in Waco,…
NASA's new SOFIA observatory shared the ramp with its predecessor, the now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory, during open house at NASA…
Technicians carefully maneuver a spreader bar into place before removing the telescope aperture assembly from NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory Boeing…
With the large door over its 2.5-meter German-built telescope wide open, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP aircraft soars…
Several NASA science aircraft, including (from bottom) the SOFIA observatory, the DC-8 airborne laboratory and an ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, along…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) touches down at Moffett Field, Calif., for its first visit to NASA Ames…
Engineers and technicians prepare SOFIA's German-built primary mirror assembly for reinstallation into NASA's 747SP airborne observatory.
With the sliding door covering its 2.5-meter infrared telescope open, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP rolls down…
