SPHEREx does not rely on an active cooling ... Another mission will also be launched on the Falcon 9 booster. The PUNCH -or Polarmeter to Unify the Corona and Helioshpere- mission will use a ...

Launching on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SPHEREx will map 450 million galaxies and could help unravel what happened after the Big Bang, while PUNCH will make ...

SpaceX is planning to launch NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory and PUNCH satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, March 11. It is targeting Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. PT for Falcon 9’s launch ...

SpaceX is working to review that data to improve the reliability of future Falcon 9 flights. This was seen on Saturday as SpaceX stood down from the launch of NASA's SPHEREX mission out of Vandenberg, ...

SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH solar mission. The launch took place on March 11, 2025, marking another significant ...

NASA elected to launch SPHEREx and PUNCH together, using the excess capacity in the Falcon 9 originally procured for SPHEREx since both missions were going to similar orbits. It is part of an ...

SpaceX launched Falcon 9 from California on Thursday to send Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The launch was scheduled ...

After several delays, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA missions out of Vandenberg Space Force Base. The rocket carried two projects: the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions.

Spherex aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe expanded so fast in its first moments. Besides the telescope, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will provide ...

Five Falcon 9 missions are scheduled for launch this week. Among them is the first-ever crewed mission to the Polar Regions ...

Despite these issues, NASA and SpaceX are proceeding cautiously with the Crew-10 launch, emphasizing safety as their top priority. The Dragon spacecraft for Crew-10 was swapped due to battery ...