
With landing gear extended, the NASA/DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP cruises over central Texas on its first…

A NASA F/A-18 trails NASA's SOFIA 747SP during a test of the flying observatory's telescope cavity door opening mechanism.

A technician examines the instrument mounting structure and bulkhead of the German-built infrared telescope installed in NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory.

Located about 5,000 light years from Earth, this composite image shows the Rosette star formation region.

Giant planet GJ 436b in the constellation Leo is missing something-and that something is swamp gas. To the surprise of…

NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP is shadowed by a NASA F-18 during a flyby at its new home, the Dryden…

NASA's Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies, team made its 13th trip to the desert for another round of…

NASA's modified McDonnell Douglas F-15B Eagle aeronautical research aircraft is shown flying over Lake Isabella in Southern California's Kern County.

Dr. Werhner von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center's first director, points out a detail regarding the first stage of the…

NASA Adminstrator Charles F. Bolden speaks during the opening day of the Green Aviation Summit, hosted September 8-9, 2010.