March 10 (UPI) --NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to unfavorable weather at the launch site and an issue with ...

"We've run into a lot of challenges along the way [that] have caused us some launch delays, but this team has pulled together and worked diligently to get us over that." After more than a week of ...

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

NASA is set to launch a new space observatory, SPHEREx, this week, with the goal of mapping over 450 million galaxies, the agency announced. "It’s going to answer a fundamental question ...

UPDATE Wednesday, March 12, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying SPHEREx successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:10 P.M. EDT on March 11. Following deployment ...

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX is planning to launch NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory and PUNCH satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday, March 11. It is targeting Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. PT for ...

Two NASA missions called "SPHEREx" and "PUNCH" could share a ride to space this evening (March 11) after multiple delays. The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on ...

(CNN) — It’s a two-for-one cosmic deal. NASA is set to launch its newest space telescope, SPHEREx, to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way alongside a sun-focused mission ...