SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 12 GMT), members of mission control appeared elated, onlookers who caught a peek at the liftoff cheered, and the scientists who built these missions exuded a blend of relief and excitement.
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Solar Probes
NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking a significant step in space exploration. SPHEREx will map the entire sky in infrared light, studying galaxies and cosmic evolution,
NASA's PUNCH satellites successfully launch to study the solar wind
Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are poised to begin their two-year mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere and its transformation into the solar wind.
NASA SPHEREx Telescope Is Launched to Study Universe's Origins
A semi-frontal view of the SPHEREx observatory is seen during integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, U.S., in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 24, 2025. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY (Reuters) - 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,
SpaceX launches mission to get NASA astronauts on ISS back to Earth
NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams are closer to getting home, nine months after arriving on Boeing’s Starliner. A capsule is set to arrive at the space station Thursday.
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Crew-10 Astronauts for NASA to the I.S.S.
An issue with a ground system that supports the Falcon 9 rocket led to a postponement of at least one day of the latest rotation of space station crews.
NASA launches 'incredible' new tools into space to study the universe, sun's corona
SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Here's what to know.
'A new eye on the Sun': NASA's PUNCH to track solar storms in stunning 3D
NASA’s PUNCH mission is tracking solar storms in 3D, revealing how the Sun’s corona transforms into solar wind, helping ...
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NASA’s New Space Weather Mission Goes Live—And It Could Change Everything
NASA’s latest space weather mission, PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere), has officially gone online, marking a major leap forward in our ability to monitor and predict solar ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms
SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...
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PUNCH: A New Mission to Unravel the Secrets of the Sun
Currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the mission is awaiting launch on March 11, 2025 alongside another NASA mission, SPHEREx, marking an exciting step forward in solar and astrophysical research ...
China Is Building a Solar Station in Space That Could Generate Practically Endless Power
The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...
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NASA Selects UVA Astronomer To Join Asteroid Mission
A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s ...
Athena moon mission comes to early end after lander tips over in off-target touchdown in a crater
Intuitive Machines says its Athena lunar lander was unable to recharge its batteries while resting on its side, bringing the ...
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...