Currently at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the mission is awaiting launch on March 11, 2025 alongside another NASA mission, SPHEREx, marking an exciting step forward in solar and astrophysical research ...

Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute headquartered in San Antonio, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 11.  NASA’s ...

Prior to launch, the PUNCH spacecraft were attached to the gold-colored ESPA ring designed to deploy secondary payloads, below NASA’s SPHEREx observatory, to cost-effectively share a ride to space.

NASA’s PUNCH mission has officially come online, promising to transform our understanding of space weather. By capturing ...

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying PUNCH successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:10 P.M. EDT on March ...

SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the ...

Launching on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SPHEREx will map 450 million galaxies and could help unravel what happened after the Big Bang, while PUNCH will make ...

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...

A Falcon 9 rocket stood ready for liftoff Monday night at Vandenberg Space Force Base, but Mother Nature and a NASA spacecraft had different plans, ...

SpaceX plans to launch NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory and PUNCH satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday which may be seen in the skies above California.

Watch live as NASA launches the SPHEREx telescope and PUNCH mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to explore the universe and the sun. SPHEREx will create a 3D all-sky map of 450 million galaxies, ...