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Sharmila Kuthunur

Here's the launch plan for NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions: 'Liftoff is just the beginning'

NASA ISS Julianna Scheiman Earth SpaceX NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
On the left, an animation showing the SPHEREx structure. On the right, the PUNCH structure.

After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have been cleared for liftoff tonight (March 10).

The space agency's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions, which are sharing a ride aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, are now scheduled to lift off no earlier than 11:10 p.m. EDT (8:10 p.m. PST/0310 March 11 GMT)) tonight from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch, postponed six times over the past week due to technical issues and bad weather, was given the greenlight after a successful launch readiness review on Friday (March 7) by launch managers from NASA's Launch Services Program and SpaceX. You can watch the launch live online, courtesy of NASA, starting at 10:15 p.m. EDT (0215 GMT).

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