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NASA, solar wind and PUNCH spacecraft

NASA's PUNCH satellites successfully launch to study the solar wind

Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are poised to begin their two-year mission to study the sun's outer atmosphere and its transformation into the solar wind.

The New York Times · 1d

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.

Ars Technica · 20h

No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope

Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA launched Tuesday night in search of answers to simmering questions about how the Universe, and ultimately life, came to be.

Space.com2d

Watch SpaceX, NASA launch SPHEREx and PUNCH science probes tonight after multiple delays (video)

If you're keen, you'll be able to watch the launch happen live on NASA+, on the agency's YouTube channel, or right here on ...

NASA’s PUNCH Just Switched On and Could Revolutionize Space Weather Forecasting

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

2don MSN

SpaceX, NASA scrub launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH missions

NASA and SpaceX late Monday said they were standing down the launch of the SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions due to ...

SETI Institute20h

PUNCH: A New Mission to Unravel the Secrets of the Sun

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 ...

Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms

SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...