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."
NASA, SpaceX launch SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH heliophysics...
SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission Tuesday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from California with the SPHEREx near-infrared observatory, with the PUNCH heliophysics mission flying as a rideshare.
SPHEREx Observatory Launches to Map the Universe
BAE Systems is celebrating the successful launch of NASA's SPHEREx Observatory from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The observatory launched alongside NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA launches SPHEREx to explore universe origins
NASA has launched a new space telescope, SPHEREx, into orbit to complement the observations of the James Webb Telescope. It was launched from Vandenberg Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and has already begun its mission.
Spherex: Nasa's cutting-edge telescope searching for the origins of life
The $488 million (£377 million) telescope will help us "answer fundamental questions", said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Nasa's acting head of astrophysics. "How does the universe work
NASA launches observatories to study cosmic origins, Sun
NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) lifted off on March 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space
The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.
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Leaping robots, fusion satellites and more! New NASA-funded studies could someday 'change the possible'
"From developing small robots that could swim through the oceans of other worlds to growing space habitats from fungi, this program continues to change the possible." ...
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PUNCH: A New Mission to Unravel the Secrets of the Sun
Currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the mission is awaiting launch on March 11, 2025 alongside another NASA mission, SPHEREx, marking an exciting step forward in solar and astrophysical research ...
The End of Voyager? NASA’s Race to Keep the Deep Space Probes Alive
For nearly five decades, the twin Voyager spacecraft have pushed the boundaries of human exploration, venturing deeper into ...
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News on heliosphere
But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the sun, is over a hundred times ...
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The galactic journey of our solar system
This journey through a dense region of space could have compressed the heliosphere, the protective bubble surrounding our solar system, and increased the influx of interstellar dust, potentially ...