The SOFIA Cycle 2 Call for Proposals has been issued. The deadline for submitting proposals is June 28, 2013, 23:59 PDT. The Cycle 2 observation period will be January - December, 2014. The Call for Proposals document, and supporting information may be found on the Cycle 2 web pages.
SOFIA Observations Reveal a Surprise in Massive Star Formation
Researchers using SOFIA have captured the most detailed mid-infrared images yet of a massive star condensing within a dense cocoon of dust and gas. The star is G35.20-0.74, more commonly known as G35. It is one of the most massive known protostars and is located relatively close to Earth at a distance of 8,000 light-years in the direction of the constellation Aquila. Read more.
SOFIA/FORCAST image of the massive protostar G35.20-0.74 (a.k.a. G35) at a wavelength of 37 microns. (NASA / DLR / USRA / DSI / FORCAST Team/Zhang et al. 2013)
NASA's SOFIA Flying Observatory Marks 100th Flight
On the afternoon of April 11, 2013, members of SOFIA's staff gathered to
commemorate the 100th flight of NASA's airborne observatory. SOFIA
departed from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Palmdale, Calif.,
that evening at 7:09 p.m. local time.
For the flight, SOFIA carried the German Receiver for Astronomy at
Terahertz Frequencies, or GREAT, spectroscopic receiver. GREAT works like
a very high frequency radio receiver detecting light waves rather than
light particles. The GREAT instrument has been developed by a consortium
of German research institutes led by the Max Planck Institute for Radio
Astronomy, Bonn, Germany. (NASA/Tom Tschida)
Educator Teams Fly on NASA'S SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (from left) Constance Gartner, Vince Washington, Ira Harden and Chelen Johnson at the educators' work station aboard the SOFIA observatory during a flight on the night of Feb. 12-13, 2013. (NASA / ASP / N. Veronico)
The first four Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA) educators returned safely to Earth, landing in Palmdale, Calif. early in the morning Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, after completing their initial flight on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. Read more.
The SOFIA Cycle 2 Call for Proposals has been issued. The deadline for submitting proposals is June 28, 2013, 23:59 PDT. The Cycle 2 observation period will be January - December, 2014. The Call for Proposals document, and supporting information may be found on the 
Researchers using SOFIA have captured the most detailed mid-infrared images yet of a massive star condensing within a dense cocoon of dust and gas. The star is G35.20-0.74, more commonly known as G35. It is one of the most massive known protostars and is located relatively close to Earth at a distance of 8,000 light-years in the direction of the constellation Aquila. 
On the afternoon of April 11, 2013, members of SOFIA's staff gathered to
commemorate the 100th flight of NASA's airborne observatory. SOFIA
departed from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Palmdale, Calif.,
that evening at 7:09 p.m. local time.
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