NASA, SpaceX Set New Date for Two Science Missions

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is vertical on the pad. The sky is dusky at the horizon and lights shine up at the rocket from the launch pad below. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft sits on SLC 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday, March 9, 2025. Photo credit: SpaceX

NASA and SpaceX set a new launch date of no earlier than Monday, March 10 for the launch of the agency’s SPHEREx and PUNCH missions on a Falcon 9 rocket. With the change to Daylight Saving Time, the launch is now targeted for 11:10 p.m. EDT (8:10 p.m. PDT) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The SPHEREx and PUNCH live launch broadcast will begin at 10:15 p.m., March 10, and stream live NASA+.

Visit the NASA website for more information about SPHEREx and PUNCH.