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SPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye, serves as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions involving the birth of the universe, and the subsequent development of galaxies. It also will search for water and organic molecules – essentials for life as we know it – in regions where stars are born from gas and dust, known as stellar nurseries, as well as disks around stars where new planets could be forming. Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more than 300 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in our own Milky Way galaxy. NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ride to space with SPHEREx. It consists of four suitcase-sized satellites, which will focus on the Sun’s outer atmosphere (the corona) and how it generates the solar wind. The spacecraft also will track coronal mass ejections – large eruptions of solar material that can drive large space weather events near Earth – to better understand their evolution and develop new techniques for predicting such eruptions.
Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
The CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1964
Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet
Trailblazer Pellet
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Unknown Pad
Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
1965
Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5c
Luna-5c
Soviet Space Program
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1965
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 16
KH-7 16
United States Air Force
Space Launch Complex 4W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1972
Thor Delta N | TD-1A
TD-1A
United States Air Force
Space Launch Complex 2E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
1975
Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 38
Zenit-4MK 38
Soviet Space Program
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1976
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-1 4
Taifun-1 4
Soviet Space Program
132/1 (132L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1979
Soyuz U | Progress 5
N/A
Soviet Space Program
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1981
Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-4
Soyuz T-4
Soviet Space Program
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1983
Proton-K/DM | Ekran
Ekran
Soviet Space Program
200/40
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1991
Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 6
Nadezhda 6
Soviet Space Program
133/3 (133L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
2000
Proton-K/DM-2M | Ekspress 6A
Ekspress 6A
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
2000
Taurus 1110 | MTI
MTI
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Space Launch Complex 576E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
2000
Zenit | ICO F1
ICO F1
Sea Launch
Launch Platform Odyssey
Sea Launch
2024
Electron | Owl Night Long (StriX-3)
N/A
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
2023
Proton-M Briz-M | Olymp-K #2 (Luch 5X)
Olymp-K #2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
200/39 (200L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan