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    Weather Looks Favorable for Launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

    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 …

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    NASA’s PUNCH Mission

    Launching as a rideshare with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), the agency’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.

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    NASA’s PUNCH Mission

    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 …

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    NASA’s SPHEREx Mission

    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.

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    NASA’s SPHEREx Mission

    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 …

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    Key Milestones for Tonight’s Launch

    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.

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    Key Milestones for Tonight’s Launch

    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 …

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    NASA Begins Live Coverage of SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

    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. …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 ‘Go’ for Launch Following Review

    Image shows Crew-10 in monitor, along with two flags, overlooking Launch Complex 39A

    NASA is a little more than 24 hours away from the launch of agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. The four-person crew is scheduled to liftoff at 7:48 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 12, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Leaders from NASA and SpaceX completed the company’s […]

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