is a modified Boeing 747‐SP equipped with a 2.5 m telescope dedicated to astronomical research. Currently under joint development by the US (NASA) and Germany (DLR), it is scheduled to begin ...

NASA acquired its first Boeing 747 in 1974, buying a 747-100 from American Airlines ... The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA to her friends, is absolutely one of the coolest ...

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Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in ... within 66,000 miles of the planet,according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies (CNEOS).

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of ... passing somewhere within 66,000 miles of the planet, according to NASA's Center of NEO Studies ...

Credit: NASA / SpaceX One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events. Pettit pointed a camera toward one of the space station's ...

One of the two NASA astronauts stuck in space got a much-welcome change of scenery when she stepped out for her first spacewalk after seven months in orbit. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station ...

Credit: NASA GSFC/Rebecca Roth WASHINGTON — Retirements and reassignments have led to a reshuffling of leadership in part of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. At a Jan. 12 meeting of three ...