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SOFIA's primary mirror is placed in the telescope cavity for reinstallation prior to telescope adjustments preparing...
A technician guides SOFIA's primary mirror assembly into the aircraft's telescope cavity completing the mirror...
echnicians lift SOFIA's primary mirror assembly above NASA's 747SP airborne astronomy aircraft just prior to...
SOFIA's primary mirror assembly is lifted above wing level prior to its reinstallation in the telescope cavity of...
Technicians guide removal of the upper rigid door assembly that covers the telescope cavity on NASA's SOFIA 747SP in...
A rotating external door (white) was installed over the telescope cavity in the rear fuselage of NASA's SOFIA Boeing...
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA airborne observatory during nighttime line...
The SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
NASA's SOFIA 747SP shows evidence of modification to its aft fuselage contours to accommodate a 16-foot-tall cavity...
he SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
A bubbling cauldron of star birth is highlighted in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Massive stars have...
Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. In this wispy...
Generations of stars can be seen in this new infrared portrait from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. In this wispy...
The science instrument mount/telescope flange leading to the telescope cavity. The port work area is where science...
Anchored on the end of orbiter Endeavour's remote manipulator system arm, astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman (foreground)...
STS061-74-046 (7 Dec 1993) --- Anchored on the end of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS)...
STS061-37-011 (7 Dec 1993) --- Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman with Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC 1) during...
Two nitrogen, LN2, tanks mounted in the aft section of the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory, (KAO)...
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...
Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and ESA (European...
This new image of the Orion Nebula produced using previously released data from three telescopes shows two enormous...
NASA image release June 6, 2010 Like a July 4 fireworks display a young, glittering collection of stars looks like...
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming...