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NASA's Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft in the hangar with SOFIA at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center on...
echnicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to...
A technician guides SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into the aircraft's telescope cavity completing the mirror...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly rests in its transportation cradle prior to reinstallation in NASA's airborne...
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...
Scientists onboard SOFIA watch data come in from Pluto’s atmosphere as SOFIA flies into the shadow the dwarf planet...
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory includes (from left), flight engineer Marty Trout and pilots...
Astronomers smile while looking at data from SOFIA’s telescope.
Technicians introduce liquid nitrogen to an instrument linked to SOFIA’s telescope. Detection of infrared...
SOFIA’s 9-foot mirror is lowered into the cavity and attached to a structure sitting on a thin layer of oil for...
James De Buizer, Senior Scientist at SOFIA Science Center, conducting observations onboard SOFIA facing the...
An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden...
NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new...
This artist's concept illustrates how the brightness of outbursting star FU Orionis has been slowly fading since its...
Technicians fill SOFIA’s instrument with liquid nitrogen and helium to keep the detectors cold. The now retired...
Technicians installing the tertiary mirror onto the SOFIA telescope.
SOFIA’s flight crew prepare to takeoff from the U.S. Antarctic Program facility at Christchurch International...
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility - aircraft fleet on ramp
SOFIA’s telescope mirror is seen as it appears during a science mission.
Provided as a media resource, this reel includes the following without narration: * SOFIA aircraft operations,...
Researchers discovered what is thought to be the first kind of molecule to form after the Big Bang. While theory...
April Torres is an electronics technician and telemetry specialist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...