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Engineers and technicians prepare SOFIA's German-built primary mirror assembly for reinstallation into NASA's 747SP...
Dana Backamn explains SOFIA’s observations during a flight with Airborne Astronomy Ambassador educators Adriana...
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing and enjoy a Ames tour of CVSRF Simulator and 'fly'...
SCI2017_0007: Artist illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near...
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory includes (from left), flight engineer Marty Trout and pilots...
echnicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to...
An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden...
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...
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing and enjoy a Ames tour of CVSRF Simulator and 'fly'...
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing and enjoy a Ames tour of CVSRF Simulator and 'fly'...
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing and enjoy a Ames tour of CVSRF Simulator and 'fly'...
This high-dynamic range (HDR) photo of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was captured...
Logos of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are displayed prominently on the tail of the Stratospheric...
A technician examines the instrument mounting structure and bulkhead of the German-built infrared telescope...
Erik Lindbergh, grandson of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, yanks the bunting to reveal the Clipper Lindbergh name...
Christened "Clipper Lindbergh" when it flew for Pan American Airways in the 1970s, the SOFIA 747SP shows evidence of...
Christened "Clipper Lindbergh" when it flew for Pan American Airways in the 1970s, the SOFIA 747SP shows evidence of...
German Deligation visits Ames SOFIA Science Office for briefing and enjoy a Ames tour from left to right Dr Benno...
Technicians check out the mounting structure of the 20-metric-ton infrared telescope installed in NASA's...
Technicians carefully disassemble portions of the aperture mounting assembly from NASA's SOFIA aircraft in...
The Lowell Observatory's High-speed Imaging Photometer for Occultation rests on its dolly in the lab prior to...
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center...
SCI2017_0004: Artist's illustration of the Epsilon Eridani system showing Epsilon Eridani b, right foreground, a...