SPHEREx Program
SPHEREx is an active NASA Astrophysics Explorer space observatory launched on March 11, 2025 to create an all-sky spectral survey in optical and near-infrared light. Over its planned two-year mission it will map hundreds of millions of galaxies and more than 100 million Milky Way stars; JPL manages the mission for NASA.
Identity
- Aliases
- SPHERExSpectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- SPHEREx Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- explorationscienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- SPHEREx is an active NASA Astrophysics Explorer space observatory launched on March 11, 2025 to create an all-sky spectral survey in optical and near-infrared light. Over its planned two-year mission it will map hundreds of millions of galaxies and more than 100 million Milky Way stars; JPL manages the mission for NASA.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2025-03-11
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:48:44 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:48:44 UTC