NASA Learjet 24 (Wikipedia Commons) This particular LJ24 is operated by Flyersteam, out of Guadalajara, Mexico. For 10 years Flyersteam has been brining world class airshows to Mexico with the aim ...

American space agency NASA announced it ended stripping the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), parts heading to museums.

In 1968, Gerald Kuiper (yes, that Kuiper) aimed a 12-inch telescope through the window of a NASA Learjet. Today, Kuiper is revered as a pioneer in airborne astronomy and planetary science ...

From left: Kirby Ezelle, Bart Gray, Josh Podlich and John Bone are the crew of the Pole to Pole Learjet mission. Travis Heying The Wichita Eagle A Learjet will depart from Wichita this week as ...

the LearJet Observatory (N805NA), which flew with a 12-inch telescope from 1974 to 2001. A Lost Opportunity for Preservation Following its retirement, NASA offered KAO to various museums and ...

SOFIA isn’t the first time NASA has conducted astronomy from an airplane. Planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper pointed a 12-inch telescope out the window of a modified Learjet in 1968. Seven years ...

NASA has launched its most ambitious airborne campaign to study how pollution affects Earth's climate and weather. Three aircraft - a large DC-8, a high-altitude ER-2 and a Learjet - will fly ...