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SOFIA's primary mirror assembly rests in its transportation cradle prior to reinstallation in NASA's airborne...
An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden...
Engineers and technicians prepare SOFIA's German-built primary mirror assembly for reinstallation into NASA's 747SP...
SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of...
NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new...
ISS022-E-062674 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
The Helios Prototype flying wing stretches almost the full length of the 300-foot-long hangar at NASA's Dryden...
ISS022-E-062673 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
The takeoff set the stage for a two-day Helios endurance flight in the stratosphere planned for mid-July. The Helios...
As sun sets, a Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The...
STS052-23-022 (22 Oct.-1 Nov. 1992) --- As the Space Shuttle Columbia orbited Earth in an easterly direction over...
This artist's concept illustrates how the brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its...
As sun sets, a Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The...
ISS022-E-062675 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
ISS022-E-062672 (9 Feb. 2010) --- Though astronauts and cosmonauts often encounter striking scenes of Earth's limb,...
As sun sets, a Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The...
The annual ozone hole has started developing over the South Pole, and it appears that it will be comparable to ozone...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
The Polar Night Nitric Oxide or PolarNOx experiment from Virginia Tech is launched aboard a NASA Black Brant IX...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
ISS023-E-057948 (25 May 2010) --- A sunset on the Indian Ocean is featured in this image photographed by an...