Launching as a rideshare with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) is made up of four 140-pound small satellites, each about 1 x 2 x 3 feet in size, which will be synchronized to serve as a …
Moments ago, mission teams polled “go” to begin fueling the SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage booster. We’re now just under 45 minutes from launch, and the rocket is being loaded with RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene). The rocket’s first stage also is being fueled with liquid oxygen, and a few minutes from now, fueling will begin for …
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, the size of a compact car, utilizes a wide-field aluminum telescope. One of SPHEREx’s most striking features — its series of three nested conical photon shields — helps it stay cold and see faint objects. The mission’s infrared telescope …
NASA just began its live broadcast coverage of tonight’s launch of the agency’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. Watch the broadcast airing live on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a …
Weather officials with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Launch Delta 30 are predicting over a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions for tonight’s launch. NASA is targeting 8:10 p.m. PDT (11:10 p.m. EDT) for launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg …
Launching as a rideshare with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission is a constellation of four small satellites that will make global, 3D observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, to learn how the mass …
Launching with NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites, NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies along with more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way in order to explore the origins of the …
We’re about 90 minutes away from tonight’s launch of 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 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff is …
Welcome to tonight’s live launch coverage of 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! NASA and SpaceX teams met today and made the decision to proceed with tonight’s launch attempt of the Agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. …
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from today’s launch attempt of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions due to weather at the launch site and a SPHEREx ground data-flow issue. The next launch attempt is Tuesday, March 11 with liftoff targeted for 11:10 p.m. EDT (8:10 p.m. PDT) from Space …
