Observatory

Advanced options

Principal Investigator

Cycle

Educator Name

Affiliation

City

State

SOFIA air-to-air over the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Date: 4/14/2010 Image Number: OBS_0002
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2400) | Medium (1650x1320) | Small (800x640) View Image Details
SOFIA flying over New Zealand with the aurora and southern cross in the sky

SOFIA flying over New Zealand with the aurora and southern cross in the sky

SOFIA 2019 Southern Deployment patch
Date: 4/23/2019 Image Number: OBS_0053
Download other sizes: Original (2550x2587) | Medium (1650x1674) | Small (800x812) View Image Details

HAWC+ Instrument
Date: 7/18/2018 Image Number: OBS_0052
Download other sizes: Original (4032x3024) | Medium (1650x1238) | Small (800x600) View Image Details

SOFIA 2018 Southern Deployment patch
Date: 5/07/2018 Image Number: OBS_0051
Download other sizes: Original (2000x2696) | Medium (1650x2224) | Small (800x1078) View Image Details
SOFIA on NSF Antarctic Program Facility ramp facing Christchurch International Airport terminal

SOFIA on NSF Antarctic Program Facility ramp facing Christchurch International Airport terminal

SOFIA on the National Science Foundation Antarctic Program Facility’s Ramp
Date: 6/01/2016 Image Number: OBS_0050
Download other sizes: Original (4752x3168) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details
Randolf Klein

January 2018 AAS Meeting
Date: 1/16/2018 Image Number: OBS_0049
Download other sizes: Original (1266x890) | Small (800x562) View Image Details
SOFIA news conference presenters

January 2018 AAS Meeting
Date: 1/16/2018 Image Number: OBS_0048
Download other sizes: Original (1478x707) | Small (800x383) View Image Details
NASA and SOFIA staff at the SOFIA exhibit

NASA and SOFIA staff at the SOFIA exhibit

January 2018 AAS Meeting
Date: 1/16/2018 Image Number: OBS_0047
Download other sizes: Original (1213x496) | Small (800x327) View Image Details
Harold Yorke

January 2018 AAS Meeting
Date: 1/16/2018 Image Number: OBS_0045
Download other sizes: Original (1206x740) | Small (800x491) View Image Details
Eric Becklin

January 2018 AAS Meeting
Date: 1/16/2018 Image Number: OBS_0044
Download other sizes: Original (997x723) | Small (800x580) View Image Details
SOFIA 2017 flight paths overlaid on global map

SOFIA 2017 flight paths overlaid on global map

2017 SOFIA Flights
Date: 1/04/2018 Image Number: OBS_0043
Download other sizes: Original (3614x2584) | Medium (1650x1180) | Small (800x572) View Image Details
SOFIA at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg preparing for routine C-Check maintenance period

SOFIA at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg preparing for routine C-Check maintenance period

SOFIA at Lufthansa Technik
Date: 12/04/2017 Image Number: OBS_0042
Download other sizes: Original (2500x1406) | Medium (1650x928) | Small (800x450) View Image Details
SOFIA at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg preparing for routine C-Check maintenance period

SOFIA at Lufthansa Technik
Date: 12/04/2017 Image Number: OBS_0041
Download other sizes: Original (2500x1667) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details
SOFIA deployment flight paths overlaid on the southern oceans

SOFIA deployment flight paths overlaid on the southern oceans

2017 New Zealand Deployment Flights
Date: 8/11/2017 Image Number: OBS_0040
Download other sizes: Original (2385x2498) | Medium (1650x1728) | Small (800x838) View Image Details

SOFIA 2017 Triton Occultation patch
Date: 6/05/2017 Image Number: OBS_0039
Download other sizes: Original (800x813) | Small (800x813) View Image Details

SOFIA 2017 Southern Deployment patch
Date: 6/05/2017 Image Number: OBS_0038
Download other sizes: Original (9200x9700) | Medium (1650x1740) | Small (800x843) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Christchurch airport
Date: 7/26/2016 Image Number: OBS_0037
Download other sizes: Original (7359x3382) | Medium (1650x758) | Small (800x368) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Christchurch airport
Date: 7/26/2016 Image Number: OBS_0036
Download other sizes: Original (6273x3394) | Medium (1650x893) | Small (800x433) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Christchurch airport
Date: 7/26/2016 Image Number: OBS_0035
Download other sizes: Original (6305x2593) | Medium (1650x679) | Small (800x329) View Image Details
HAWC+ on SOFIA Telescope

HAWC+ Instrument on SOFIA Telescope
Date: 12/16/2016 Image Number: OBS_0034
Download other sizes: Original (2304x1536) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details

SOFIA 2016 Southern Deployment patch
Date: 6/06/2016 Image Number: OBS_0033
Download other sizes: Original (2000x2000) | Medium (1650x1650) | Small (800x800) View Image Details

SOFIA's cockpit after avionics upgrade
Date: 11/15/2012 Image Number: OBS_0003
Download other sizes: Original (4824x3572) | Medium (1650x1222) | Small (800x592) View Image Details

SOFIA Telescope and Cavity
Date: 5/20/2010 Image Number: OBS_0004
Download other sizes: Original (6048x4032) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details

SOFIA Telescope and Mirror Close-up
Date: 6/08/2011 Image Number: OBS_0005
Download other sizes: Original (5219x3827) | Medium (1650x1210) | Small (800x587) View Image Details

SOFIA air-to-air with aerodynamic tufts
Date: 4/14/2010 Image Number: OBS_0006
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2400) | Medium (1650x1320) | Small (800x640) View Image Details

SOFIA telescope without instrument installed
Date: 4/25/2007 Image Number: OBS_0007
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2139) | Medium (1650x1176) | Small (800x570) View Image Details

FORCAST instrument on SOFIA telescope
Date: 10/22/2010 Image Number: OBS_0008
Download other sizes: Original (4739x3799) | Medium (1650x1323) | Small (800x641) View Image Details

GREAT Instrument Cryo Loading
Date: 7/08/2013 Image Number: OBS_0009
Download other sizes: Original (3024x2016) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details

FIFI-LS Instrument
Date: 1/15/2014 Image Number: OBS_0010
Download other sizes: Original (1382x922) | Small (800x534) View Image Details

FLITECAM Instrument
Date: 2/20/2014 Image Number: OBS_0011
Download other sizes: Original (3264x2448) | Medium (1650x1238) | Small (800x600) View Image Details

EXES Instrument
Date: 4/10/2014 Image Number: OBS_0012
Download other sizes: Original (3648x2736) | Medium (1650x1238) | Small (800x600) View Image Details

HIPO Instrument
Date: 3/21/2014 Image Number: OBS_0013
Download other sizes: Original (1800x1346) | Medium (1650x1234) | Small (800x598) View Image Details

Erik Lindbergh Christens SOFIA
Date: 6/27/2007 Image Number: OBS_0014
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2106) | Medium (1650x1158) | Small (800x562) View Image Details

Erik Lindbergh Christens SOFIA May 2007
Date: 5/21/2007 Image Number: OBS_0015
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2395) | Medium (1650x1317) | Small (800x639) View Image Details

SOFIA and Kuiper Airborne Observatory at NASA Ames
Date: 1/14/2008 Image Number: OBS_0016
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2074) | Medium (1650x1141) | Small (800x553) View Image Details

SOFIA modifications nearing completion
Date: 2/02/2006 Image Number: OBS_0017
Download other sizes: Original (2976x1995) | Medium (1650x1106) | Small (800x536) View Image Details

SOFIA Mission patch
Date: 4/30/2010 Image Number: OBS_0018
Download other sizes: Original (3000x2407) | Medium (1650x1324) | Small (800x642) View Image Details

SOFIA Trans-Atlantic patch
Date: 9/15/2011 Image Number: OBS_0019
Download other sizes: Original (1650x1474) | Medium (1650x1474) | Small (800x715) View Image Details

SOFIA Pluto Occultation patch
Date: 6/22/2011 Image Number: OBS_0020
Download other sizes: Original (1650x1344) | Medium (1650x1344) | Small (800x652) View Image Details

SOFIA Southern Deployment patch
Date: 7/18/2013 Image Number: OBS_0021
Download other sizes: Original (1650x1715) | Medium (1650x1715) | Small (800x832) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Hamburg
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0022
Download other sizes: Original (3904x2837) | Medium (1650x1199) | Small (800x581) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Hamburg
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0023
Download other sizes: Original (4140x2995) | Medium (1650x1194) | Small (800x579) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Hamburg
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0024
Download other sizes: Original (4863x3362) | Medium (1650x1141) | Small (800x553) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Hamburg
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0025
Download other sizes: Original (5305x3760) | Medium (1650x1169) | Small (800x567) View Image Details

SOFIA takes off from Hamburg
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0026
Download other sizes: Original (5336x3657) | Medium (1650x1131) | Small (800x548) View Image Details

SOFIA arrives in Palmdale
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0027
Download other sizes: Original (1146x979) | Small (800x683) View Image Details

FLIPO instrument
Date: 1/30/2012 Image Number: OBS_0029
Download other sizes: Original (1425x1006) | Small (800x565) View Image Details

FLIPO instrument
Date: 1/30/2012 Image Number: OBS_0030
Download other sizes: Original (1425x1006) | Small (800x565) View Image Details

FPI+ Instrument
Date: 4/28/2015 Image Number: OBS_0031
Download other sizes: Original (3504x2336) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details

SOFIA telescope inside cavity
Date: 3/19/2015 Image Number: OBS_0032
Download other sizes: Original (5184x3456) | Medium (1650x1100) | Small (800x533) View Image Details
SOFIA near the hangar in Palmdale

SOFIA arrives in Palmdale
Date: 12/14/2014 Image Number: OBS_0028
Download other sizes: Original (1478x979) | Small (800x530) View Image Details

NASA SOFIA air-to-air
Date: 7/10/2013 Image Number: OBS_0001
Download other sizes: Original (3000x1928) | Medium (1650x1060) | Small (800x514) View Image Details

You are here

Observatory