NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency’s next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SPHEREx Observatory is back in the BAE cleanroom for final cleaning, testing and closeouts prior to shipment to the launch site.
Read MoreThe space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color.
Read MoreSPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passed its vibe test at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.
Read MoreSPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passes its acoustic test.
Read MoreSPHEREx observatory is now installed in the Titan Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test Chamber at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.
Read MoreThe SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.
Read MoreThe final assembly of the SPHEREx observatory has began.
Read MorePhil Korngut tests NASA’s SPHEREx telescope under extreme conditions in the SPHEREx laboratory in California.
Read MoreThe SPHEREx List of ICE Sources (SPLICEs), just published by a team led by CfA astronomers Matthew Ashby and Joseph Hora, presents a catalog of 8.9 million objects of interest for the upcoming SPHEREx Ices investigation.
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