US EditionAfter several delays, NASA's SPHEREx launches in mission to map 450 million galaxies
- NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, aims to map 450 million galaxies and find ingredients for life in the Milky Way.
- Both SPHEREx and a sun-focused mission called PUNCH launched together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- The launch faced multiple delays due to weather and integration issues during preparation.
- SPHEREx will search for evidence of essential life ingredients, while PUNCH will observe solar activity at a crucial time.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launches NASA's SPHEREx Telescope and PUNCH Solar Probes
SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope and the PUNCH solar mission. The launch took place on March 11, 2025, marking another significant milestone for space exploration. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:25 p.m. IST, deploying both payloads into their respective orbits. The mission faced minor delays due to some members of the launch team being affected …
Spherex: Nasa's cutting-edge telescope searching for the origins of life
Nasa has taken another giant leap in the search for the origins of the universe – launching its newest space telescope on a mission to explore the building blocks of existence.Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey hundreds of millions of galaxies and "their combined cosmic glow" to give scientists new "insights into the universe's evolution since the Big Bang", said …
Nasa telescope launched to study universe’s origins
Santa Barbara: 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 ingredient for life. The US space agency’s megaphone-shaped SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionisation and Ices Explorer — was carried aloft by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space…
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