SOFIASOFIA's First Southern Hemisphere DeploymentSOFIA's First Southern Hemisphere DeploymentThe SOFIA 747SP taxis in to the Christchurch International Airport terminal in New Zealand on July 18, 2013, on its...The SOFIA flying observatory arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on July 18, 2013, for its first Southern Hemisphere deployment.Astronomers aboard the SOFIA flying observatory look at data gathered by the GREAT spectrometer on a flight from Christchurch, New...Jurgen Stutzki, deputy principal investigator for the GREAT spectrometer, was aboard the SOFIA flying observatory for a flight to study...NASA's SOFIA flying observatory is framed by a rainbow following a shower as it sits on a ramp at Christchurch...On the rain-soaked ramp at its deployment base at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand. NASA's SOFIA flying observatory is ready...The cockpit of NASA's SOFIA 747SP is awash with instrumentation lights during one of nine Southern Hemisphere flights to study...The flight crew of the SOFIA 747SP keeps the aircraft on course during a July 2013 mission in the Southern...SOFIA flight crew Manny Antimisiaris, pilot-in-command (left), Jim Less, co-pilot (middle), and Marty Trout, flight engineer (right) track the aircraft's...The aurora australis, or southern lights, was observed by the flight crew and science team members aboard the SOFIA flying...The aurora australis, or southern lights, was observed by the flight crew and science team members aboard the SOFIA flying...The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP is parked on the ramp at Christchurch, New Zealand following a storm that...The SOFIA flying observatory deployed to Christchurch, New Zealand, in July 2013 for an opportunity to study the skies above...The NASA-DLR Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP is framed by a spectacular rainbow following a winter storm that swept...Dana Backamn explains SOFIA’s observations during a flight with Airborne Astronomy Ambassador educators Adriana Alvarez and Mariela Muñoz.Figures 1a and 1b show images of the G35 protostar at wavelengths of 31 and 37 microns taken by the...These are computer model images intended to match characteristics of the central regions of the images of the G35 protostar...The staff of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) gathered on the ramp outside the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility...NASA Education Chief Leland Melvin Visits SOFIANASA SMD Chief John Grunsfeld Visits SOFIA Flying ObservatoryNASA SMD Chief John Grunsfeld Visits SOFIA Flying ObservatoryInfrared image by the Spitzer Space Telescope of the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region, about 400 light-years from Earth, with...The cockpit of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) received an avionics modernization upgrade in 2012 that replaced the...HST/NICMOS image of the Milky Way's Quintuple Cluster QC region matching the SOFIA/FORCAST field of view in related infrared image.SOFIA/FORCAST mid-infrared image of a region including the Quintuple Cluster (QC), a group of young stars near the left margin...Milky Way Galaxy Black Hole Circumnuclear Ring - HSTSOFIA/FORCAST mid-infrared image of the Milky Way Galaxy's nucleus showing the Circumnuclear Ring (CNR) of gas and dust clouds orbiting...Spitzer Space Telescope wide-field image of the galactic center of the Milky Way at a wavelength intermediate between those of...