The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on Saturday (March 8) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but SpaceX delayed the launch to complete vehicle checkouts. The next attempt, ...

After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have gotten the greenlight to head to space tonight (March 8).

The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on ...

NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to unfavorable weather at the launch site and an issue with one of the spacecrafts.

NASA's advanced space observatory known as SPHEREx is on its cosmic journey ... PDT Tuesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

NASA's newest space telescope will scan the entire sky in a range of near-infrared wavelengths to help astronomers better understand the evolution of the universe and search for promising spots for ex ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will need to wait a little longer before heading to space. After delaying the launch of these missions five times — they were originally slated to take to the ...

The cone-shaped observatory will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies, as well as over 100 million stars in the ...