SPHEREx Not Selected as a NASA SMEX

News Release • January 4th, 2017

We are disappointed not to have been selected as a NASA SMEX this round. NASA chose the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a mission led by Marshall Space Flight Center. We wish them the very best of luck.

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