WASHINGTON — A NASA airborne astronomy observatory that has been grounded for nearly three months by the coronavirus pandemic may resume flights later this month as advocates for the program address ...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA — NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, has passed a significant mission milestone. It has completed the first phase of experimental flight ...
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NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy — SOFIA, for short — is the largest airborne observatory in the world. Earlier this month, Lowell Observatory Curator Samantha Thompson and ...