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 ...

Actually shown are an observatory and internet ... "THIS IS THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE," reads a graphic shared to Instagram on Oct. 20 showing an airborne jumbo jet emblazoned with the NASA logo ...

The KAO came into the world as a replacement for the Convair 990 called the Galileo Observatory, which was destroyed in 1973 as a result of a mid-air collision. It was put together using the same ...

Long-awaited--and long-delayed--airborne observatory called Sofia makes first trip to NASA Ames, which had been expected to be its home. Photos: Flying observatory's homecoming ...

It was named the Kuiper Airborne Observatory in memory one of the pioneers of infra-red planetary astronomy, Gerald P. Kuiper of the University of Arizona. The observatory was in operation for about ...

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 SOFIA flying observatory makes its first test flight above Waco, Texas, US. The test was designed to check how the plane handled with the 20-tonne telescope installed.

New observations from the SOFIA airborne observatory (which completed its final flight in September 2022) produced a detailed map of water molecules near the moon’s South Pole.

This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs. By Paul Tullis Coral reefs comprise just 1 percent of the ocean ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The high-tech airborne observatory that found frozen on the moon was a common sight in the Central Texas sky more than a decade ago as Waco’s L-3 Communications modified the ...

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 ...