This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

NASA is preparing to launch the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to uncover the universe's profound secrets. SPHEREx will utilize infrared detectors to collect cosmic light from hundreds of millions of ...

Sending both SPHEREx and PUNCH up on a single rocket doubles the opportunities to do incredible science in space,” NASA Associate Administrator Nicky Fox of the Science Mission Directorate said ...

named SPHEREx, along with a suite of satellites called PUNCH.CreditCredit...SpaceX, via Associated Press By Katrina Miller Two NASA missions launched from the California coast and soared toward ...

March 10 (UPI) --NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to unfavorable weather at the launch site and an issue with ...

"It feels really great to have SPHEREx in space." NASA's SPHEREx (at center) and PUNCH (at left and right) spacecraft are seen after they were deployed separately into Earth orbit following their ...

Image A solar array deployment test on one of the PUNCH satellites at Astrotech ... Alex Valdez/USSF 30th Space Wing/NASA Scientists will use data from SPHEREx to study how the total light emitted ...

Technicians and engineers encapsulated NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH satellites within a protective payload fairing inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ...

This is essential for SPHEREx to keep its telescope shielded from the sun’s light and heat, which would inhibit its observations, and for PUNCH to have a clear view in all directions around the sun, ...