SPHEREx Astrophysics Mission to be Launched by SpaceX

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its SPHEREx mission. SPHEREx, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, 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 …