Light from the hangar illuminates the aircraft ramp at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., as the telescope mounted in NASA's SOFIA flying observatory in the foreground undergoes nighttime characterization testing in March 2008.
ED08-0067-09March 10, 2008
Light from the hangar illuminates the aircraft ramp at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., as the telescope mounted in NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory in the foreground undergoes nighttime characterization testing in March 2008.
NASA photo by Tom Tschida