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New NASA Space Telescope, SPHEREx, Moving Ahead NASA's upcoming space telescope, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, is one step closer to launch. The mission has officially entered Phase C, in NASA lingo. That means the agency has approved preliminary design plans for the observatory, and work can begin on creating a final, detailed design, as well as on building the hardware and software. Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Californ...

SPHEREx space telescope preliminary design plans approved Shane McGlaun - Jan 6, 2021, 5:01am CST NASA has announced that it has approved the preliminary design plans for an upcoming space telescope known as SPHEREx. According to NASA, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoque of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) space telescope has entered Phase C. Entering Phase C means with the preliminary design plans approved, work can begin on a final, detailed design. Work towards building hardware and software for the space telescope will be managed by t...

New NASA space telescope will study Big Bang, origin of the universe Doyle Rice, USA TODAY UP NEXT NASA wants to peer back in time to the beginning of the universe. And with a new space telescope, scientists at the agency should be able to do just that. The new telescope, scheduled for launch in either 2024 or 2025, "will map the entire sky to study the rapid expansion of the universe after the Big Bang, the composition of young planetary systems, and the history of galaxies," according to a statement from NASA. It will provide a quantum leap from what we can see now, expert...