SpaceX rocket loaded with NASA telescope to launch from Vandenberg, sonic boom expected
NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions are scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday evening, and locals can expect to hear a sonic boom.
SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)
There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took to the skies carrying precious NASA cargo. As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at 11:10 p.
NASA SPHEREx Telescope Is Launched to Study Universe's Origins
A semi-frontal view of the SPHEREx observatory is seen during integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, U.S., in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 24, 2025. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY (Reuters) - A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water,
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.
SpaceX just launched two major NASA missions at once — watch the highlights
SpaceX and NASA successfully launched two major missions to orbit in a liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday night.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe's Beginning
Riding with SPHEREx aboard the Falcon 9 were four small satellites that make up the agency's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which will study how the Sun's outer atmosphere becomes the solar wind.
SpaceX Again Scrubs Launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on Saturday night.
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Secret mission: X-37B space plane returns to Earth after 434 days in orbit
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Firefly planning weekend launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Firefly Aerospace is planning to launch its “Message in a Booster” mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base this weekend.
Air Force launches unarmed nuclear missile from Vandenberg overnight, lands near Marshall Islands
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Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space
Vandenberg Space Force Base’s public affairs team hit on the idea of taking the reenlistment photo during a rocket launch.
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ICBM test a work of human as well as technical coordination
In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in ...
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Vandenberg SFB to modernize intercontinental ballistic missile infrastructure starting Thursday
On Thursday, Lieutenant Colonel Suzanne Lamar will assume command of a group modernizing the testing and evaluation ...
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of 2 NASA Satellite Missions
The spacecraft, SPHEREx and PUNCH, had been expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday. Two NASA missions will have to wait longer for a launch aboard a single rocket. Both aim to unravel ...
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Malmstrom Air Force Base crews maintain readiness
A missile from Malmstrom Air Force Base will undergo an operational test launch in May at Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
US military’s mini space shuttle returns to Earth after secret mission
The Space Force's unmanned X-37B blasted into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in December 2023 on a secret mission.