Astronaut Mike Fossum continues his duties during this the second of the STS-124 mission's three scheduled spacewalks. During the seven-hour,…
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Astronaut Ron Garan participated in the first of STS-124's three planned spacewalks as construction and maintenance continue on the International…
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Astronaut Mike Fossum used a digital camera to create this self-portrait during the STS-124 mission's first scheduled spacewalk. During the…
The primary mirror of SOFIA’s telescope being coated in a vacuum chamber at NASA’s Ames Research Center, in Silicon Valley…
Nestled in its cradle on a transport dolly, SOFIA's primary mirror assembly awaits transfer to a "clean room" at the…
Technicians with ropes guide SOFIA's primary mirror assembly suspended from a crane toward its transport dolly after the mirror's removal…
Technicians carefully attached a spreader T-bar to the framework of SOFIA's primary mirror assembly prior to lifting it from the…
The cavernous expanse of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., now houses NASA's DC-8 science laboratory and SOFIA…
