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Technicians at the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., removed the German-built primary...
Technicians at the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., removed the German-built primary...
Technicians at the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., removed the German-built primary...
Two NASA F/A-18s flown by NASA Dryden research pilots Jim Smolka and Nils Larson cruise over the Texas landscape...
Dr. Eric Becklin spoke to educators about the airborne astronomy that was conducted using SOFIA’s scientific...
Technicians fill SOFIA’s instrument with liquid nitrogen and helium to keep the detectors cold. The now retired...
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory and DLR telescope engineers who operated the system during its...
Erik Lindbergh, grandson of aviator Charles Lindbergh, unveiled a plaque commemorating his grandfather on the 80th...
Erik Lindbergh, grandson of aviator Charles Lindbergh, unveiled a plaque commemorating his grandfather on the 80th...
Visitors learn about the SOFIA telescope at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration on the National Mall,...
Members of the SOFIA infrared observatory support team gather around Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (in red shirt)...
NASA's freshly painted Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP aircraft sits outside a hangar...
NASA's freshly painted Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP is shown at L-3 Communications...
2019 was an exciting, successful year at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. From...
2012 Women @ NASA; Dr. Pamela Marcum
Erik Lindbergh christens NASA's 747 Clipper Lindbergh, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, with a...
A composite image of the Cigar Galaxy (also called M82), a starburst galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the...
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 39 crew aboard the ISS. Image downlinked in folder: Sofia, Bulgaria and...
Earth observation taken by the Expedition 39 crew aboard the ISS. Image downlinked in folder: Sofia, Bulgaria and...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on...
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two T-38A Talon mission support aircraft flew together for the first time on...
The NASA logo on Bldg. 703 at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, Calif., is reflected in the telescope's...