SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. ... SPHEREx integration engineer for the Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ...

Item 1 of 2 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 ...

BAE Systems built the spacecraft bus and telescope for the mission, along with leading observatory integration and environmental testing. SPHEREx is also equipped with the company’s RAD750 ...

NASA launching SPHEREx and PUNCH missions this weekend 04:12. A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing images of ...

After passing all the necessary checks and calibrations, NASA says its SPHEREx space observatory is ready to embark on its expansive mission. As of May 1, the spacecraft has begun imaging a 3D map ...

NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to search the Milky Way ...

NASA is gearing up for the launch of SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer), a powerful new space telescope set to lift off in late ...

The cone-shaped Spherex — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.

SPHEREx launched at 11:10 p.m. EST, March 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet ...

A mission that could provide a cosmic history lesson launched Tuesday evening from the Southern California coast. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Originally set to launch ...

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 one of the spacecrafts.

NASA's space telescope SPHEREx blasts off to map entire sky and millions of galaxies The cone-shaped SPHEREx will take six months to map the entire sky.