NASA delays launch of newest space telescope to search for life’s key ingredients

SpaceX Scrubs Launch of 2 NASA Satellite Missions

Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel mysteries about the universe -- one by peering far from Earth, the other by looking closer to home.

NASA delays launch of newest space telescope to search for life’s key ingredients

NASA is delaying the launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.

NASA's SPHEREx Is Poised To Launch Mission To Map 450 Million Galaxies In Color

NASA's SPHEREx observatory (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is set to launch this week to map 450 million galaxies in infrared, providing insights into galaxy formation, the origins of water, and testing theories about the unive...

NASA's SPHEREx Telescope Prepared for Cosmic Mapping Mission

NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Set for Launch: A New Era in Celestial Mapping NASA is preparing for the launch of its latest space observatory, SPHEREx, which is set to take off on March 8 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This mission promises to revolutionize our understanding of the universe by creating a […]

Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch

6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Ahead of launch, NASA’s SPHEREx is enclosed in a payload fairing at Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 2. The observatory is stacked atop the four small satellites that make up the agency’s PUNCH mission.NASA/BAE Systems/Benjamin Fry NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s …

NASA Reschedules SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions, Now Set for March 7 Launch

NASA has once again delayed the launch of its SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, now scheduled for March 7. Originally planned for February 27, the launch has faced multiple postponements. The two missions, set to travel aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, were initially rescheduled for March 4. However, the latest delay has been attributed to the availability of a launch window at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is now expected at 10:0…