NASA and SpaceX are standing down for tonight’s launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The additional time will allow teams to continue rocket checkouts ahead of liftoff.
NASA, SpaceX Stand Down on Launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH

NASA and SpaceX are standing down for tonight’s launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The additional time will allow teams to continue rocket checkouts ahead of liftoff.
The four crew members set to fly aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission next week will speak to the media at 7:30 p.m. EST today about their upcoming launch from crew quarters from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Watch the crew members discuss their mission. Learn […]
NASA, SpaceX, and international partner teams polled “go” to continue launch preparations following the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review today at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 remains targeted to launch at 7:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, March 12, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A at […]
NASA now will host a media teleconference about 6:30 p.m. EST today on the flight readiness review for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. The briefing also will cover the Crew-9 mission return from the microgravity laboratory. The Flight Readiness Review briefing participants include: NASA will provide audio-only coverage of the […]
NASA now will host a media teleconference at about 6 p.m. EST today on the flight readiness review for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. The briefing also will cover the Crew-9 mission return from the microgravity laboratory. The Flight Readiness Review briefing participants include: NASA will provide audio-only coverage of […]
After a two-hour flight, NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, landed shortly after 2:45 p.m. EST today at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Watch the crew’s arrival and […]
A team of launch managers for NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) missions authorized approval to proceed to launch countdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A team of launch managers for NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) missions authorized approval to proceed to launch countdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of a scheduled launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 …
Expedition 72 changed commanders today as a new crew prepares to launch to the International Space Station and four orbital residents get ready to return to Earth. Meanwhile, human research, fluid physics, and spacesuits wrapped up the end of the week aboard the orbital outpost.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members are on their way to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left Ellington Field […]