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NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 8
NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will need to wait a little longer before heading to space. After delaying the launch of these missions four times — they were originally slated to take to the ...
NASASpaceFlight.com8d
NASA, SpaceX launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics...
A Falcon 9 lifted off from California with the SPHEREx near-infrared observatory, with the PUNCH heliophysics mission flying as a rideshare. During its mission, SPHEREx will complete surveys of ...
UPI6d
SpaceX, NASA scrub launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH missions
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 ...
Discover Magazine13d
NASA's SPHEREx Mission Will Soon Search the Milky Way for Signs of Water
The future of space exploration looks to grow even brighter as the launch of NASA’s highly anticipated SPHEREx mission lies right on the horizon. The mission, set to launch the evening of March 7, ...
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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal
Earth will gain a new robotic companion this week. NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer ...
The New York Times7d
SpaceX Again Scrubs Launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The rocket’s chief passenger is SPHEREx, a space telescope that will take images of the entire sky in more than a hundred colors that are invisible to the human eye. Accompanying the telescope ...
Space.com21d
NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching soon. Here's why it's a big deal
"SPHEREx is a testament to doing big science with a small telescope." Earth will soon gain a new robotic companion. NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the ...
USA Today16d
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
Once in orbit, the instrument known as SPHEREx will begin its complex hunt across hundreds of thousands of galaxies for signs of water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons while ...
NBC Los Angeles7d
What happened after the Big Bang? SPHEREx mission seeks answers to cosmic mysteries
A mission that could provide a cosmic history lesson launched Tuesday evening from the Southern California coast. Originally set to launch Monday, the SpaceX rocket carrying a space telescope and ...
The New York Times9d
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of 2 NASA Satellite Missions
The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday. By Katrina Miller Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket.
Space.com6d
Here's the launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions: 'Liftoff is just the beginning'
"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 ...
WMUR17d
Two NASA missions, one rocket: Learn more about PUNCH, SPHEREx missions
NASA IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH TWO MISSIONS TOMORROW WITH THE SAME GOAL. SPHEREX WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE, AND PUNCH WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT STARS THAT ARE CLOSER TO ...