NASA’s SPHEREx telescope will map the sky in 102 infrared colours PUNCH mission aims to study the sun’s corona and solar wind SpaceX Falcon 9 carried both missions into orbit from California ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a deep rumble, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, carrying NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into orbit.

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 ...

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 ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 11:10 p.m. EST from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. carrying NASA's SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH solar mission. The dual payload ...

The launch has been delayed for more than 10 days due to issues with the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle. NASA and SpaceX announced on the 8th (local time) that "the SPHEREx and PUNCH mission ...