Technicians guide the dolly carrying SOFIA's primary mirror into a clean room at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility prior to…
SOFIA 747 being towed into Hangar 703 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA. Photo courtesy John Torres.
A ground crewman signals the flight crew of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory to stop as other crewmen head to their…
Ground crewmen shove the more than two-ton SOFIA primary mirror assembly in its transport crate into a C-17's cavernous cargo…
A NASA technician directs loading of the crated SOFIA primary mirror assembly into a C-17 for shipment to NASA Ames…
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory lifts off the runway at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on its first flight…
Members of the SOFIA crew disembark from the aircraft at its new home inside of Hangar 703 at the Dryden…
A ground crewman signals the flight crew of NASA's SOFIA flying observatory to stop as other crewmen head to their…
This view of space shuttle Discovery's tail section was taken on flight day 3 by the Expedition 17 crew aboard…
During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The…
