Project News

SPHEREx L-30 News Briefing

SPHEREx • January 31st, 2025

NASA previews SPHEREx, space telescope mission to explore universe’s origins.

SPHEREx Begins Integration with PUNCH

SPHEREx • January 29th, 2025

The SPHEREx Observatory has completed standalone operations in the West High Bay at Astrotech Space Operations Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The...

Rehearsing for the Big Moment

SPHEREx • January 23rd, 2025

During payload testing, the SPHEREx team prepared for launch and post-launch operations. In October 2024, we conducted the first Operational Readiness Test (ORT), simulating...

NASA Eyes Launching SPHEREx Sky-Mapping Mission in Early 2025

SPHEREx • December 9th, 2024

NASA and SpaceX are targeting late February 2025 for the launch of the agency’s next astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the...

Back in the Clean Room for Final Testing!

SPHEREx • November 19th, 2024

SPHEREx Observatory is back in the BAE cleanroom for final cleaning, testing and closeouts prior to shipment to the launch site.

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

SPHEREx • October 31st, 2024

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color.

SPHEREx Successfully Passes Vibe Test

SPHEREx • August 19th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passed its vibe test at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.

SPHEREx Observatory Continues its Testing Campaign with Acoustic Test

SPHEREx • August 16th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory continues its thorough testing campaign and successfully passes its acoustic test.

SPHEREx Observatory Ready for Major Thermal Vacuum Test

SPHEREx • June 6th, 2024

SPHEREx observatory is now installed in the Titan Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test Chamber at BAE Systems in Boulder, CO.

SPHEREx Observatory Assembled

SPHEREx • April 22nd, 2024

The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.