It's an eggshell white, conical probe named SPHEREx, which (get ready for a mouthful) stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer.
Excitement is building for next month’s launch of NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which will survey the sky in optical and near-infrared light from low-Earth orbit. NASA has just released a video ...
BAE Systems says it has successfully delivered the “SPHEREx” space observatory to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, ahead of a planned launch in late February. Short for “Spectro-Photometer ...
NASA is looking to late February 2025 for the launch of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), a mission to survey more than 450 ...
Jan. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON: BA) has successfully delivered NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx ...
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.