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A Rocket Launch Double Feature

IPAC News • February 25th, 2025

Lunar Trailblazer and SPHEREx are two NASA satellites scheduled for back-to-back launches the week of February 24!

Intricate Layers of Interstellar Dust, Gas Mapped in Cassiopeia A light echoes

IPAC News • January 14th, 2025

Jacob Jencsen, a staff scientist at IPAC, led a a study that reveals intricate layers of interstellar dust and gas around the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Jencsen's team...

People of IPAC: New Leaders, New Roles, New Staff

IPAC News • December 14th, 2024

There were many changes in the IPAC team in 2024. We filled 20 positions with people who either joined IPAC afresh or with existing staff who transitioned to new roles....

NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation

IPAC News • October 24th, 2024

NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for...

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NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning

SPHEREx • March 12th, 2025

NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our...

ENSCI webinar on Quick Release 1 data

Euclid • March 7th, 2025

Euclid Quick Release 1 (Q1) data will be publicly released on March 19, 2025. ENSCI will host an online tutorial on the Euclid Q1 data on April 4th, 2025. Register for this...

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Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch

SPHEREx • March 7th, 2025

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.

NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

SPHEREx • March 6th, 2025

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 8, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions. The additional time will allow SpaceX to complete...

NASA Continuing Efforts to Contact, Command Lunar Trailblazer

Lunar Trailblazer • March 4th, 2025

The mission operations team for NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer at Caltech’s IPAC is continuing efforts to re-establish communications with the small satellite.

NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx, PUNCH Missions

SPHEREx • March 4th, 2025

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Friday, March 7, for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions due to the availability of a launch opportunity on...

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