PUNCH – Spaceflight Now

March 16, 2026

Breaking News

[ March 14, 2026 ] NASA Administrator teases further Artemis program updates in one-on-one interview Artemis
[ March 13, 2026 ] NASA ready for another shot at launching Artemis 2 moon mission Artemis
[ March 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Falcon 9
[ March 13, 2026 ] SpaceX launches Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral on cloudy Saturday morning Falcon 9
[ March 10, 2026 ] NASA inspector general assesses agency’s management of moon lander risk Artemis

NASA, SpaceX launch SPHEREx and PUNCH missions following spacecraft-driven scrub

March 10, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The infrared space telescope and Sun-centric missions will launch on a rideshare Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday, March 10. Liftoff happened Tuesday, March 11, at 8:10 p.m. PDT (11:10 p.m. EDT, 0310 UTC).

NASA selects missions to observe the sun and its impact on Earth

June 26, 2019 Stephen Clark

NASA has selected two satellite missions for launch on the same rocket in 2022 to investigate the origins of the solar wind and explore the interaction between magnetic fields around Earth with those from the sun.