Here's launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions

Here's the launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions: 'Liftoff is just the beginning'
After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have gotten the greenlight to head to space tonight (March 8).
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 mysteries about the universe — one by peering far from Earth, the other by looking closer to home.
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Live / NASA launches SPHEREx and PUNCH to explore space and sun
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, while PUNCH will use small satellites to study the sun’s impact on space weather and Earth’s communications.
Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch
NASA’s latest space observatory is targeting a March 8 liftoff, and the agency’s PUNCH heliophysics mission is sharing a ride. Here’s what to expect during launch and beyond.

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