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NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

SPHEREx • March 4th, 2025

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Friday, March 7, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions due to the availability of a launch opportunity on...

NASA Continuing Efforts to Contact, Command Lunar Trailblazer

Lunar Trailblazer • March 4th, 2025

The mission operations team for NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer at Caltech’s IPAC is continuing efforts to re-establish communications with the small satellite.

NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

SPHEREx • March 3rd, 2025

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Thursday, March 6, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The additional time will allow teams to complete...

NASA Working to Reestablish Communications With Lunar Trailblazer

Lunar Trailblazer • February 28th, 2025

Following the successful deployment of NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 26, mission operators at Caltech’s IPAC in Pasadena, California,...

NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx, PUNCH Mission

SPHEREx • February 28th, 2025

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, March 4, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The teams need additional time to evaluate launch...

Lunar Trailblazer Updates

Lunar Trailblazer • February 27th, 2025

The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 completed its Earth departure burn, and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft has separated from it and is flying independently. The...

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

Lunar Trailblazer • February 26th, 2025

The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time.

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch

Lunar Trailblazer • February 21st, 2025

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2...

What Hundreds of Millions of Galaxies Can Teach Us About the Big Bang

SPHEREx • February 21st, 2025

Soon, a new cone-shaped spacecraft will launch into space on a mission to chart the skies like never before. Called SPHEREx (for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the...

NASA selects first Euclid general investigators

Euclid • February 19th, 2025

NASA's Euclid General Investigator Program (EGIP) funds basic research focused on public data from the Euclid mission. For EGIP 2024, 14 proposals have been selected for...