
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, takes off from its base of operations at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s…

NASA's DC-8 taking off to St. Croix

SOFIA returns to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center building 703 in Palmdale, California.

NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center flies the DC-8 airborne science laboratory

NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center flies the C-20

NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center flies the C-20

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center ER-2 #809 high-altitude aircraft

NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center ER-2 pilot Gary Toroni and engineering technician Raul "Corky" Cortes

A flight crew prepares for the B200 King Air Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE)

Flight crews at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, flew the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment