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SPHEREx Spacecraft Uncrating at Astrotech VSFB
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SPHEREx Spacecraft Uncrating at Astrotech VSFB

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is uncrated for prelaunch processing at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. SPHEREx will enter a polar orbit around Earth and create a 3D map of the entire sky, gathering information about millions of galaxies for scientists to study what happened after the big bang, the history of galaxy evolution, and the origins of water in planetary systems in our galaxy. SPHEREx will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late February 2025.

Date
2025-01-15
Photographer / author
USSF 30th Space Wing/Daniel Herr
Collection
KSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"SPHEREx Spacecraft Uncrating at Astrotech VSFB" (2025-01-15). NASA/KSC/USSF 30th Space Wing/Daniel Herr. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20250115-PH-DJH01_0035

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