SPHEREx Submitted as a NASA Medium-Class Explorer

News Release • December 15th, 2016

An enhanced version of SPHEREx was submitted as a NASA Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX), with Step-1 selections expected in July 2017. If approved, the augmentations will make SPHEREx a significantly more powerful survey telescope for the astronomical community as a MIDEX.

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