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NASA, SpaceX Discuss Dragon Mission to Space Station
NASA, SpaceX Discuss Dragon Mission to Space Station

WASHINGTON – NASA and SpaceX will host a teleconference for news media at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 28, to…

SOFIA Airborne Observatory Arrives at NASA Dryden
SOFIA Airborne Observatory Arrives at NASA Dryden

PHOTO RELEASE 07-31P NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has arrived at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at…

NASA-German SOFIA Observatory Completes First Science Flight
NASA-German SOFIA Observatory Completes First Science Flight

This infrared image of the heart of the Orion star-formation complex was taken from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

NASA Selects Classroom Teachers for SOFIA Science Flights
NASA Selects Classroom Teachers for SOFIA Science Flights

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP with the doors covering the aircraft’s German-built infrared astronomy telescope fully open. (NASA…

NASA’S SOFIA Airborne Observatory Views Star Forming Region W40
NASA’S SOFIA Airborne Observatory Views Star Forming Region W40

This mid-infrared image of the W40 star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy was captured recently by the FORCAST instrument…

SOFIA Observatory Peers Into Heart of Orion Nebula
SOFIA Observatory Peers Into Heart of Orion Nebula

This graphical representation from the SOFIA Science Center compares two infrared images of the heart of the Orion nebula captured…

New Star Cluster W3A Images Captured by SOFIA Observatory
New Star Cluster W3A Images Captured by SOFIA Observatory

This mid-infrared image of the W3A star cluster in the inset was captured by the FORCAST camera on the SOFIA…

Educators Selected to Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Educators Selected to Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory

SOFIA staff scientist James De Buizer (left) discusses an infrared image with Marita Beard of Branham High School in San…

NASA’s SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9
NASA’s SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9

NASA’s SOFIA telescope and the FORCAST instrument captured this color-composite image of the planetary nebula Minkowski 2-9 (M2-9) showing a…

NASA Selects Science Instrument Upgrade For Flying Observatory
NASA Selects Science Instrument Upgrade For Flying Observatory

Ground crewmen approach NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory shortly after the modified Boeing 747SP carrying a 100-inch telescope landed following an…