7 jaw-dropping images of Galaxies captured by NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the stunning image of Cartwheel Galaxy. This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, ...
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NASA Orbiter Will Map the Lunar Water Cycle
No one knew whether that hydration was the result of water or hydroxyl until 2020, when NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) mission confirmed the presence of water ...
8 stunning images of galaxies shared by NASA's Hubble Telescope
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430, situated 100 million light-years from Earth in the Leo Minor constellation.
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High School Science Teachers Named Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors – Will Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Aircraft
with participation in research flights onboard NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The program culminates in classroom delivery of a SOFIA science-oriented curriculum ...
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Scientists detected water on the surface of an asteroid for the first time
The data used to detect water on the asteroid’s surface came from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). NASA’s SOFIA telescope ended operations in 2022.
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Dana Backman
Employed by the SETI Institute as director of education and public outreach for NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at NASA-Ames from 2003 to 2016. Has taught courses on ...
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Profiles in Excellence: College of Engineering alumnus Bill Rose ’62 (civil engineering), ’65 M.S. (mechanical engineering)
(NASA photo courtesy of Bill Rose ... he served as lead engineer performing wind tunnel tests for a research aircraft called the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). SOFIA has a ...