Project News

Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • August 17th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space.

NASA Finalizes Plans for Its Next Cosmic Mapmaker

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • March 24th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will have some similarities with the James Webb Space Telescope. But the two observatories will take dramatically different approaches to studying the sky.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • February 4th, 2021

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission.

A New NASA Space Telescope, SPHEREx, Is Moving Ahead

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • January 5th, 2021

NASA's upcoming space telescope, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, is one step closer to launch. The mission has officially entered Phase C, in NASA lingo.

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news: NASA had selected the space mission proposal he had been working on laboriously for more than six years.

NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • Project News • February 13th, 2019

NASA has selected a new Caltech-led space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common the ingredients for life are in our galaxy's planetary systems.

Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • August 17th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space.

NASA Finalizes Plans for Its Next Cosmic Mapmaker

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • March 24th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will have some similarities with the James Webb Space Telescope. But the two observatories will take dramatically different approaches to studying the sky.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • February 4th, 2021

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch...

A New NASA Space Telescope, SPHEREx, Is Moving Ahead

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • January 5th, 2021

NASA's upcoming space telescope, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, is one step closer to launch. The...

2,700 Pages Later, a Space Mission Is Born

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • April 23rd, 2019

On February 13, 2019, Caltech's James (Jamie) Bock sat down with NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, to receive some good news:...

NASA Selects Caltech-led SPHEREx Space Mission

Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer • February 13th, 2019

NASA has selected a new Caltech-led space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common the ingredients for life are in our galaxy's...