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| DFRC Photo # |
Photo Date |
Image Description |
| ACD08-0005-074 |
January 14, 2008 |
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory includes (from left), Ulli Lampater Marty Trout, Bill Brockett Andres Reinacher and Frank Batteas. |
| ACD08-0005-073 |
January 14, 2008 |
The flight crew of NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory includes (from left), flight engineer Marty Trout and pilots Bill Brockett and Frank Batteas. |
| ACD08-0005-068 |
January 14, 2008 |
NASA's new SOFIA observatory shared the ramp with its predecessor, the now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory, during open house at NASA Ames Research Center. |
| ACD08-0005-067 |
January 14, 2008 |
Thousands of NASA Ames employees and their families toured NASA's SOFIA flying observatory during its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center, Jan. 14, 2008. |
| ACD08-0005-063 |
January 14, 2008 |
NASA's now-retired Kuiper Airborne Observatory shared the limelight with its successor, the SOFIA observatory, during an open house at Ames Research Center. |
| ACD08-0005-031 |
January 14, 2008 |
NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory taxis past Hangar 1, the 1930s-era dirigible hangar at Moffett Field, during its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center. |
| ACD08-0005-003 |
January 14, 2008 |
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy touches down at Moffett Field, Calif., for its first visit to NASA Ames Research Center, Jan. 14, 2008. |
| ED08-0015-46 |
January 15, 2008 |
An aircraft tug tows NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP into Hangar 703 upon arrival at its base, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA. |
| ED08-0015-42 |
January 15, 2008 |
NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory touches down at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA, as it arrives at its new home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility. |
| ED08-0015-28 |
January 15, 2008 |
NASA's SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP is shadowed by a NASA F-18 during a flyby at its new home, the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. |
| ED08-0015-22 |
January 15, 2008 |
NASA's SOFIA flying infrared observatory banks over the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility upon arrival at its new base of operations on Jan. 15, 2008. |
| ED08-0022-11 |
January 17, 2008 |
Two large science aircraft, a DC-8 flying laboratory and the SOFIA 747SP, are based at NASA's Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. |
| ED08-0022-10 |
January 17, 2008 |
The cavernous expanse of the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., now houses NASA's DC-8 science laboratory and SOFIA infrared observatory. |
| ED08-0022-05 |
January 17, 2008 |
NASA'S SOFIA infrared observatory 747SP (front) and DC-8 flying laboratory (rear) are now housed at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif. |
| ED08-0022-01 |
January 17, 2008 |
The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., is now home to two large science aircraft, NASA's SOFIA observatory and a DC-8 science laboratory. |
| ED07-0244-096 |
December 2, 2007 |
A ground crewman maneuvers one of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned science aircraft into Hangar 4801 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. |
| ED07-0244-074 |
December 3, 2007 |
NASA's two Global Hawks, one sporting a NASA paint scheme, the other in its prior Air Force livery, are shown on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0244-058 |
December 3, 2007 |
The above-the-fuselage engine and V-tail distinguish one of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft parked on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center. |
| ED07-0244-052 |
December 3, 2007 |
One of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned science aircraft displays its bulbous nose while parked on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif. |
| ED07-0244-032 |
November 30, 2007 |
The bulbous nose of one of NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft sports a blue-and-white paint scheme after repainting in the Edwards Air Force Base paint shop. |
| ED07-0244-028 |
November 30, 2007 |
One of NASA's two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft shows off its new blue-and-white livery shortly after being repainted in the Edwards AFB paint hangar. |
| ED08-0013-01 |
January 14, 2008 |
NASA's SOFIA flying observatory makes a low pass over NASA Ames Research Center prior to landing at Moffett Field for a brief visit on Jan. 14, 2008. |
| ED07-0294-12 |
December 21, 2007 |
A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton's final mission as his NASA F/A-18 taxis beneath the spray. |
| ED07-0294-09 |
December 21, 2007 |
A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton's final mission as his NASA F/A-18 taxis beneath the spray. |
| ED07-0294-03 |
December 21, 2007 |
Two NASA Dryden F/A-18s flown by Gordon Fullerton and Nils Larson fly in tight formation Dec. 21, 2007 during Fullerton's final flight before his retirement. |
| EC99-45219-1 |
October 27, 1999 |
David A. Wright in ER-2 |
| ED07-0170-2 |
July 26, 2007 |
Mark Pestana in F-18 |
| ED07-0294-35 |
December 27, 2007 |
Retired NASA research pilot and former astronaut Gordon Fullerton was greeted by scores of NASA Dryden staff who bid him farewell after his final NASA flight. |
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