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Volume 8, No. 1
January 2023
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June 2022
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January 2022
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SOFIA Science: Remarkable Results
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Volume 6, No. 2
June 2021
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SOFIA: Making the Magnetic Field Visible Special Edition
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Volume 6, No. 1
January 2021
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Volume 5, No. 2
June 2020
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Volume 5, No. 1
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Volume 4, No. 2
June 2019
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Volume 4, No. 1
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Volume 3, No. 2
June 2018
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Volume 3, No. 1
January 2018
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Volume 2, No. 1
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Volume 1, No. 1
June 2016
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2023

Thank You for Flying with Us: Vol. 101 June 2023
The Abundance Discrepancy Factor in Markarian 71: Vol. 100 May 2023
Magnetically-Structured Accretion in the Galactic Center’s Circumnuclear Disk: Vol. 99 April 2023
Mapping Water on the Lunar Surface: Vol. 98 March 2023
The SOFIA/FORCAST Galactic Center Legacy Program: Vol. 97 February 2023
SOFIA Legacy Results: The Galactic Center Magnetosphere: Vol. 96 January 2023

2022

SOFIA Legacy Results: Mapping Water on the Lunar South Pole: Vol. 95 November 2022
SOFIA Transition: Update to the Community: October 2022
The SOFIA/EXES Mid-IR High Spectral Resolution Library: Vol. 94 October 2022
Twisted Magnetic Fields Can Reveal How Protobinary Systems Form: Vol. 93 September 2022
Deuterated Hydroxyl as a Star Formation Tracer: Vol. 92 August 2022
SOFIA Legacy Results: The EXES Mid-IR High Spectral Resolution Library: Vol. 91 July 2022
SOFIA Events at the AAS Meeting in Pasadena: Vol. 90 June 2022
SOFIA Legacy Results: Magnetically-Driven Flows in NGC 1097 and the SALSA Program: Vol. 89 May 2022
SOFIA Legacy Results: Mapping the Magnetic Fields of Galactic Bones: Vol. 88 April 2022
'Signal, Noise and Artifacts in FORCAST Images' Webinar, March 7th: Vol. 87 February 2022
Registration Open for 'Our Galactic Ecosystem: Opportunities and Diagnostics in the Infrared and Beyond': Vol. 86 January 2022
SOFIA Virtual Events next week, FORCAST Flash Call: Vol. 85 January 2022

2021

Registration Open for 'Our Galactic Ecosystem: Opportunities and Diagnostics in the Infrared and Beyond': Vol. 84 December, 2021
SOFIA Science: Remarkable Results: November 2021
Registration open for 'Evolved Stars and their Circumstellar Environments' Workshop: Vol. 83 October, 2021
Registration Open for SOFIA School and 'Galactic Ecosystems' Conference: Vol. 82 September, 2021
Detecting Episodic Accretion in the Cat's Paw Nebula: Vol. 81 July, 2021
Galactic Chimneys: An Unseen Component of the Disk-Halo Interaction: Vol. 80 May, 2021
The Warped Magnetic Field of Centaurus A: Vol. 79 April, 2021
First Detection of 13 CH in the Interstellar Medium: Vol. 78 March, 2021
SOFIA Cycle 9 Selected Proposals: Vol. 77 February, 2021

2020

SOFIA at the January AAS Meeting: Vol. 76 December, 2020
Cold Quasars and the Evolution of Galaxies: Vol. 75 November, 2020
SOFIA Detects Water on the Moon: Vol. 74 October, 2020
Magnetized Filamentary Gas Flows in Serpens South: Vol. 73 September, 2020
Carbon-Rich Winds from Pulsating Stars: Vol. 72 August, 2020
SOFIA Detects 13C+ in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Vol. 71 July, 2020
Virtual Events: Legacy Proposals webinar and Instrument Roadmap Workshop II: Vol. 70 June, 2020
Cycle 9 Calls for Proposals Released: June 2020
June Virtual Events: Vol. 69 May, 2020
New Director of Science Mission Operations: Vol. 68 May, 2020
Flash Funding Call for Betelgeuse Archival Research: Vol. 67 April, 2020
Cycle 8 Selection Results: Vol. 66 February, 2020
SOFIA Science at AAS Meeting Jan. 4 - 8, 2020 (2 of 2): January, 2020

2019

SOFIA Science at AAS Meeting Jan. 4 - 8 (1 of 2): December, 2019
Data Released for SOFIA's First Completed Legacy Program: Vol. 65 October, 2019
Flash Call for DDT proposals for SOFIA/FIFI-LS: September 2019
Observing Cycle 8 Call for Proposals Due Sept. 6: Vol. 64 August, 2019
SOFIA Proposal Tools Webinar: Vol. 63 August, 2019
SOFIA Cycle 8 Calls For Proposals Update: Vol. 62 July, 2019
SOFIA Cycle 8 Call for Proposals Released: May 2019
SOFIA Finds First-ever Detection of Helium Hydride in Interstellar Space: Vol. 61 May, 2019
The Most Luminous Protostar: the SOFIA Massive (SOMA) Star Formation Survey: Vol. 60 April, 2019
SOFIA Science Images Featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day: Vol. 59 March, 2019
SOFIA Science in Nature: Lifting the Veil on Star Formation in the Orion Nebula: Vol. 58 February, 2019

2018

SOFIA at the 233rd AAS Meeting in Seattle: Vol. 57 December, 2018
SOFIA Unravels the Mysterious Formation of Star Clusters: Vol. 56 November, 2018
New SOFIA Science Result: Magnetic Fields Confine the Torus at the Core of Cygnus A: Vol. 55 October, 2018
SOFIA Events at January 2019 AAS Meeting: September 2018
HAWC+ Data Pipeline Acceptance Completed: Vol. 54 September, 2018
Update to SOFIA Cycle 7 Call for Proposals: Vol. 53 July, 2018
SOFIA Cycle 7 Call for Proposals Released: Vol. 52 June, 2018
SOFIA Cycle 7 Call for Proposals to be Released in June: Vol. 51 May, 2018
First SOFIA Cookbook Released: Vol. 50 April, 2018
Update: SOFIA Next Generation Instrument Call for Proposals: Vol. 49 April, 2018
SOFIA sessions at the summer AAS and COSPAR meetings: Vol. 48 February, 2018

2017

Cycle 6 Awards and SOFIA Town Hall at the Winter AAS: Vol. 47 December, 2017
Town Hall at the Winter AAS and Southern Hemisphere Deployment: Vol 46 September, 2017
Science e-Newsletter: Vol. 45 April, 2017

2016

Cycle 5 Results, Asilomar Conference Report, and New Instrument HIRMES: Vol. 44 December, 2016
October Conference Registration, Cycle 5 Call for Proposals, and June AAS booth: Vol. 43 May 25, 2016

2015

2015 Science Campaigns, Observers' Workshop in May, and Other Science News: Vol. 42 March 2, 2015
Community Letter: 24 February 2015

2014

AAS Splinter Session and 2015 SOFIA Observers Workshop: Vol. 41 December 23, 2014
Cycle 3 Call for Proposals Update and Other Information: Vol. 40 June 30, 2014
AAS Splinter Session, SN 2014J Data, Instrument Commissioning: Vol. 39 May 30, 2014
Cycle 3 Call for Proposals: Vol. 38 May 28, 2014
SN 2014J Observations & Data Release: Vol. 37 April 3, 2014
Splinter Session During the January 2014 AAS Meeting: Vol. 36 January 6, 2014

2013

Southern Hemisphere Deployment, Cycle 2 Proposals Status, and Winter 2014 AAS Splinter Session: Vol. 35 September 9, 2013
Cycle 2 Call for Proposals Released: Vol. 34 May 13, 2013
Session at the June AAS & TEXES Proposal Opportunity: Vol. 33 March 12, 2013
SOFIA Observes Signs of Starbursts in the Galactic Center: Vol. 32 January 29, 2013
Town Hall session during the 221st AAS meeting in Long Beach, CA: Vol. 31 January 2013

2012

Cycle 1 Time Awards and Winter 2013 AAS SOFIA Tour and Town Hall Meeting: Vol. 30 October 4, 2012
Instrument Upgrades and A&A Special Issue: Vol. 29 April 25, 2012
Session at the AAS and Special Journal Issues of Science Papers: Vol. 28 April 11, 2012

2011

Final Release of SOFIA Cycle 1 Call for Proposals: Vol. 27 December 15, 2011
Science Community E-mail News, November 2011: Vol. 26 November 11, 2011
Invitation to Participate in the SOFIA User's Group: Vol. 25 September 2, 2011
Science Community E-mail News, September 2011: Vol. 24 September 1, 2011
NASA Release of SOFIA Second Generation Instrument AO: Vol. 23 July 18, 2011
Completes First Science Flights with FORCAST and GREAT: Vol. 22 April 21, 2011

2010

Observatory Completes Envelope Expansion Flight Tests: Vol. 21, November 1, 2010
First Light Flight and Basic Science Call for Proposals: Vol. 20 July 13, 2010