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    First Stage Fueling Started

    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 …

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    Meet the Spacecraft: SPHEREx

    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 …

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    NASA Begins Live Broadcast of SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

    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.

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    NASA Begins Live Broadcast of SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

    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 …

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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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