Erik Lindbergh christens NASA's 747 Clipper Lindbergh with a special commemorative concoction representing local, NASA, and industry partners.
NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP overflies its home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California.
NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory touches down at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA, as it arrives at its new…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's 747SP is illuminated prior to nighttime testing and operation of the German-built telescope assembly.…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy's 747SP sits on an aircraft ramp during nighttime testing and operation of the SOFIA's…
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy science team completed checkout of optical star tracking camera systems and conducted telescope assembly…
The high-tech German-built infrared telescope and its associated lower flexible telescope cavity door are rotated upward to their maximum 58-degree…
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP flies above California's Mojave Desert during a functional check flight Dec.…
ED09-0279-15 This close up of SOFIA's German-built telescope assembly offers a view of both the primary and secondary mirrors, the…
This close-up of the German-built telescope assembly seen through the open telescope cavity door in the side of NASA's SOFIA…
