Science presentation materials include editable PowerPoint (PPTX) slides based on SOFIA science results, poster PDF files, iPoster links, movies, and animations. Many presentations are associated with published papers, in which case the first author's name links to the ADS abstract in the table below. Table is sorted by year from most recent to earliest, then by author's last name.

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Science Presentation Materials
Topic Instrument Conference or Location Title Author & ADS Link Year File Type
Stars & Supernovae FORCAST   The Age of Westerlund 1 Revisited Beasor 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic HAWC+   Magnetic Chaos Hidden Within the Whirlpool Galaxy Borlaff 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic FIFI-LS   Evidence of [CII] Shocked Emission in NGC 7479 Fadda 2021 PPTX
Star Formation FORCAST
HAWC+
  Episodic Accretion in High-Mass Protostars Hunter 2021 PPTX
Star Formation HAWC+   Constraining Magnetic and Gravitational Energies in Star-Forming Clouds Lee 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic HAWC+   The Warped Magnetic Field of Centaurus A Lopez-Rodriguez 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic HAWC+   Magnetic Highway: Channeling the M82 Superwind Lopez-Rodriguez 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic HAWC+   Magnetically-Driven Flows in NGC 1097 Lopez-Rodriguez 2021 PPTX
Star Formation GREAT   Stellar Feedback and Triggered Star Formation in RCW 120 Luisi 2021 PPTX
Stars & Supernovae GREAT   New Observations of Terahertz Water Masers with SOFIA Neufeld 2021 PPTX
Star Formation EXES   EXES Probes the Heart of Hot-Core Chemistry Nickerson 2021 PPTX
Solar System GREAT   Atomic Oxygen in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Richter 2021 PPTX
Star Formation HAWC+   Role of Magnetic Fields in Cloud Destruction in the Keyhole Nebula Seo 2021 PPTX
Star Formation EXES   Temperature and Density Layers in the Ghost Nebula Soam 2021 PPTX
Star Formation FIFI-LS   Episodic Accretion in Massive Star Formation Stecklum 2021 PPTX
Extragalactic GREAT   Multi-Phase [C II] Emission in Nearby Galaxies Tarantino 2021 PPTX
Stars & Supernovae EXES   Carbon Dioxide in R Leonis Fonfría 2020 PPTX
Solar System FORCAST   SOFIA Detects Water on the Moon Honniball 2020 PPTX
Solar System FORCAST   A legacy of lunar water through SOFIA Honniball 2020 PDF
Star Formation upGREAT   First Signs of Star Birth Triggered by Orion Wind Pabst 2020 PPTX
Extragalactic FIFI-LS   Galactic Chimneys: An Unseen Component of the Disk-Halo Interaction Reach 2020 PPTX
General     Science with SOFIA Schulz 2020 PDF
Solar System FPI+   Occultations from SOFIA Young 2020 PDF
Instrument EXES   EXES Science   2020 PPTX
Instrument FORCAST   FORCAST Highlights as of 2020   2020 PDF
Instrument FIFI-LS   FIFI-LS Highlights as of 2020   2020 PPTX
Instrument GREAT   Summer 2020 GREAT Update   2020 PPTX
General     SOFIA Overview   2020 PPTX
Various     SOFIA-ALMA Synergies Chambers 2019 PDF
Protoplanetary GREAT   Investigation of HD as a Tracer of Protoplanetary Disk Mass Chen 2019 iPoster
Protostars HAWC+   Orion Nebula Chuss 2019 PPTX
Various EXES   High-resolution Mid-IR Observations of the Molecular Universe with EXES on SOFIA DeWitt 2019 PDF
General     Latest Science and Status of Your Flying Observatory – SOFIA Ennico 2019 PDF
Instrument FIFI-LS   Absolute Flux Calibration and Characterization of the SOFIA-FIFI-LS Integral Field Spectrometer Fadda 2019 iPoster
Extragalactic FIFI-LS   SOFIA Reveals [CII] Emission from Jet and Ghostly Arms in NGC 4258 Fadda 2019 PDF
Stars & Supernovae GREAT   First Astrophysical Detection of a Very Special Molecule Güsten 2019 PPTX
Stars EXES   Probing the Hot Dense Gas near Massive Protostars via Water Absorption Indriolo 2019 PDF
Stars     PDR Astrochemical Models of Massive Star Formation Leichtnam 2019 iPoster
Galactic Center FORCAST   The SOFIA-FORCAST Imaging Survey Toward Giant HII Regions of the Galaxy Lim 2019 iPoster
ISM FIFI-LS   First Look at Orion-KL with FIFI-LS Onboard SOFIA Minchin 2019 PDF
General     Recent Scientific Highlights from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Moullet 2019 PDF
Solar System     Solar System Science with the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy Moullet 2019 PDF
ISM GREAT   The Expanding Orion Nebula Pabst 2019 PDF
Solar System HIRMES   HIRMES – HIgh Resolution Mid-infrarEd Spectrometer for SOFIA Rostem 2019 PDF
Protostars HAWC+   Rho Ophiuchi A Santos 2019 PPTX
Protoplanetary FORCAST   Mid-infrared Variability in Spectra of Pre-transitional Disk Sources AB Aur and MWC 758: Preliminary Results from SOFIA-FORCAST Observations Shuping 2019 PDF
Galactic Center FIFI-LS   SOFIA FIFI-LS Observations of the PDR in SRG B1 Simpson 2019 PDF
Stars FORCAST   Dissecting Massive Protostars: Testing Theoretical Models with Flux Density Profiles Yousef 2019 iPoster
Galaxies HAWC+   NGC 1068 Torus Emission Turn-Over Lopez-Rodriguez 2018 PPTX
Extragalactic HAWC+   Far-Infrared Polarization of Galaxies with SOFIA Lopez-Rodriguez 2018 PDF
Extragalactic HAWC+   The Dust and Cloud Distribution of the Torus of NGC 1068 Lopez-Rodriguez 2018 PDF
Extragalactic HAWC+   The Highly Polarized Infrared Core of Cygnus A Lopez-Rodriguez 2018 PDF
Protostars FORCAST   Dust Mineralogy of Proto-planetary Nebulae Arneson 2017 PPTX
Galaxies GREAT   ISM Phases of the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 4214 Fahrion 2017 PPTX
ISM GREAT   Clouds Near Quasars Redefined Glück 2017 PPTX
ISM FORCAST   Arched Filaments Color-Temp Map Hankins 2017 PPTX
Stars EXES   Betelgeuse High-Res [Fe II] Data Harper 2017 PPTX
ISM GREAT   Horsehead Nebula Velocity Resolved [C II] Map Pabst 2017 PPTX
Protostars FORCAST
FLITECAM
  Mapping PAH Sizes in NGC 7023 Croiset 2016 PPTX
Planetary EXES   HDO and H2O on Mars Encrenaz 2016 PPTX
Protostars FORCAST   Changes in the YSO FU Ori Disk Green 2016 PPTX
Protostars GREAT   Infall in High-mass Star-forming Clumps Wyrowski 2016 PPTX
Protostars EXES   Detection of H2O Vapor in AFGL 2591 Indriolo 2015 PPTX
Instrument HIRMES   HIRMES: Ice Diagnostics McClure 2015 PPTX
General   Cal State University Long Beach SOFIA: NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Backman 2012 PDF
General   Institute For Astronomy, University of Hawaii Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy: First Science Becklin 2012 PPT
Protostars FORCAST   6–37 μm Imaging of Orion BN/KL De Buizer
Shuping
2012 PPTX
General   University of Wyoming Recent Science Results from The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2012 PDF
General   AnalytiX-2012 Conference - Beijing, China Molecular Spectroscopy with the Stratospheric Observatory
for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
Gehrz 2012 PDF
General   67th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus OH The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz, Becklin 2012 PDF
General   67th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus OH Infrared Spectroscopic Studies with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz, Becklin, Sandell 2012 PDF
ISM GREAT   Probing MHD Shocks Gusdorf 2012 PPTX
General   Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies
Conference (AMOS) 2012
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Hall 2012 PPTX
ISM GREAT   Discovery of Interstellar Mercapto Radicals Neufeld 2012 PPTX
Protostars GREAT   First Detection of OD Outside the Solar System Parise 2012 PPTX
General   University of Central Florida SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Reach 2012 PDF
ISM GREAT   Galactic Circumnuclear Disk Requena-Torres 2012 PPTX
ISM GREAT   [CII] Observations of the Ring Nebula Sahai 2012 PPTX
Protostars GREAT   Dynamics of S106 Warm Gas Simon 2012 PPTX
General     Observatory Overview and Specifications   2012 PPTX
Instrument     First Generation Instruments   2012 PPTX
General   Stanford University First Science with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Becklin 2011 PDF
General     Status of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2011 PDF
General   CALCON Technical Conference - Logan, UT The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2011 PDF
General   Goddard Space Flight Center The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2011 PDF
General   Ohio State University SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Becklin 2010 PDF
General   McGill University & Saint Mary's University The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2010 PDF
General   Bremen, COSPAR Scientific Assembly The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2010 PDF
General   UC Berkeley The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2010 PDF
General   UK The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2010 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise   "In the Spirit of Lyot 2010", Paris, France Observations of Exoplanets with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2010 PDF
General   65th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz, Becklin 2010 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise   65th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Physics and Chemistry of Stellar Evolution with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz, Becklin 2010 PDF
General   IEEE - Santa Clara Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Hall 2010 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise     A new window on the cosmos: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2009 PDF
General   University of Heidelberg The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2009 PDF
General   Boeing Company, Renton, WA The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2009 PDF
General   University of Washington The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2009 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise   DSI, University of Stuttgart SOFIA's New Science Vision Gehrz 2009 PDF
General   64th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz, Becklin 2009 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise   64th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Columbus, Ohio Infrared Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Gas, Grains, and Ices with SOFIA Gehrz, Becklin 2009 PDF
General   Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, Königswinter, Germany American-German Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Science Mission Operations Briefing Hall, Röser 2009 PDF
General   ISSTT SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Becklin 2008 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise   January 2008 AAS SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Becklin 2008 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise   January 2008 AAS Early Science Imaging Casey 2008 PPT
General   University of Chicago The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2008 PDF
General   37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2008 PPT
General   SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation, Marseille, France The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2008 PDF
General   CSA FIRDWG, University of Waterloo The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2008 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise   European Planetary Congress 2008, Münster, Germany SOFIA Observations of Stellar Occultations, Extra-solar Planets, Asteroids, and Comets Gehrz 2008 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise     The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Gehrz, Becklin 2008 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise     SOFIA 2020 Vision workshop White Paper  Young et al 2008 PDF
SOFIA Science Promise     SOFIA Early Science Opportunities White Paper   2008 Word
General     SOFIA: Program and Mission Overview Backman 2007 PPT
General   Princeton SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Becklin 2007 PPT
General     Infrared Observations with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2007 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise   Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Gehrz 2007 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise   SPIE Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Gehrz 2007 PPT
SOFIA Science Promise     SOFIA Science Promise   2007 PPT
Protostars FIFI-LS   Orion Nebula     PPTX
Protostars HAWC+   W3 Polarimetry Data     PPTX
Galaxies HAWC+   Starburst Galaxies vs AGNs     PPTX
Instrument FIFI-LS   FIFI-LS: SOFIA’s Integral Field Spectrometer     PPTX
Instrument HIRMES   HIRMES: SOFIA’s High-resolution Infrared Spectrometer     PPTX

Movies and Animations

FORCAST Short Science Flight #2 mov (310.75 MB)
Short SOFIA First Flight wmv (10.7 MB)
Door Operation Simulation mpg (700 KB)
Design Reference Mission simulation avi (162.256 MB)
GREAT Horsehead Nebula [C II] 12'x17' velocity resolved map mp4 (4 MB)
Apparent Jitter of Telescope mp4 (10.5 MB)
Flight Plan mp4 (17.3 MB)
First Door Open Flight mov (13 MB)
Open Door wmv (89 MB)
Telescope Motion wmv (4 MB)
Telescope Movement avi (14 MB)
SOFIA's First Flight mov (48 MB)

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