An Instagram post falsely claims two images show the Hubble Space Telescope and a satellite. Actually shown are an observatory and internet balloon.

Discover the legacy of NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), a modified C-141A Starlifter that advanced infrared astronomy for over 20 years. Learn how parts of this historic aircraft are now ...

This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs.

The high-tech airborne observatory that found frozen on the moon was a common sight in the Central Texas sky as a local firm modified the aircraft and installed the powerful infrared telescope ...

The SOFIA flying infrared observatory successfully completed its first test flight on Thursday. The flight was the first in a series leading up to astronomical observations that could begin in ...

Eventually, the airborne observatory will help water managers all over the West make detailed plans for each year’s needs, and better understand how climate changes affect the snowpack.

The 772-pound NuSTAR X-ray observatory was carried into an equatorial orbit about 400 miles above the Earth by a Pegasus rocket, which fired its three-stage motor for 13 minutes after being ...

NASA revealed the first detailed map of water on the moon with data from the now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory.

American space agency NASA announced it ended stripping the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), parts heading to museums.

As announced earlier in 2022, with the end of this fiscal year, NASA retired, on September 30, 2022, its Boeing 747SP Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).

DENVER — Scientists are now using airborne laser systems to measure Colorado snowpack. The Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) uses a lidar-based instrument to shoot lasers down to the snow ...