Described by NASA as looking a bit like a dog after a visit to the vet, the SPHEREx spacecraft has now been fitted with its distinctive cone ahead of launch.
The planned two-year mission is called SPHEREx, short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer.The
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - FEBRUARY 07: Clouds are seen behind the NASA s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center on February 7, 2008, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Bad weather is threatening today s scheduled 2:34 pm EST launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
NASA s SPHEREx space telescope finally hit a critical impasse in its progress. According to a recent blog post on NASA s official website, the space agency was granted approval for the space-bound observatory s conceptual designs. Hence, the space agency will begin the final design phase involving the development of software and hardware.
If all goes well, the mission is scheduled to commence somewhere between June 2024 and April 2025.