Engineers and technicians from NASA, the German Space Agency and the Deutsches SOFIA Institut recently reinstalled the German-built primary mirror assembly into NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for In...
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NASA Reinstalls Main Mirror in SOFIA Airborne Observato...
Newly Coated Mirror Assembly Returns
The newly coated telescope mirror assembly for SOFIA is unloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility prior to re-installation.
Workers Install NASA Logo at DAOF
NASA's familiar blue-and-white logo graces Hangar 703 at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., identifying it as a facility of the nation's aerospace agency.
DAOF Aircraft
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DC-8 Airborne Laboratory
NASA and the University of North Dakota have teamed to create the National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC) located at the University of North Dakota.
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ER-2 High-Altitude Platform
NASA is operating two Lockheed ER-2 Earth resources aircraft as flying laboratories in the Sub-Orbital Science Program under the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
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Gulfstream-III Multi-Role Cooperative Research Platform
The NASA Gulfstream III (G-III) is a business jet that has been structurally modified and instrumented by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to serve as a multi-role cooperative research platform for the earth science community and a variety of flight research customers.
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SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and major Earth-based telescopes.
DAOF Spotlight
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Facilities Overview
The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, operated by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, is located in Palmdale, Calif., 70 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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Map and Directions
Basic directions and simple map to the DAOF from Los Angeles (LAX) and Ontario International (ONT) airports.
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Hangar 703
Layout and hangar specifications of Bldg 703 at the DAOF.
Multimedia
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DAOF Fabrication Shop Photos
The DAOF Fabrication Shop is a first response manufacturing, modification, and repair center supporting NASA aircraft and related experimental hardware.
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DAOF Photo Gallery
View the latest photos from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility.
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SOFIA Telescope Operational Baseline Test
Video of SOFIA telescope team collecting baseline operational measurements in early March, 2008.
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SOFIA 747SP →
SOFIA 747SP being towed to hangar 703 after arriving at the DAOF in Palmdale, Calif.