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Lunar surface impact from Falcon 9 creates rare observing opportunity
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 by Trey Abbe
Most lunar impacts arrive without warning. A small meteoroid strikes the Moon and produces a flash that may last less than a second. Unless a telescope and camera happen to be pointed at the right location at the right time, the moment is gone before anyone knows it happened. The Falcon 9 uppe...
Tele Vue goes to space
Monday, March 24, 2025 by Richard Harris
The PUNCH (Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission marks a significant milestone in heliophysics, space engineering, and collaborative instrumentation. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, PUNCH comprises four small satellites designed to provide an unprecedented look into the ...
PUNCH to launch with Tele Vue optical lenses
Saturday, March 1, 2025 by Richard Harris
On Sunday, March 2, 2025, the night sky over California’s south-central coast will be illuminated by the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Along with a small near-infrared observatory named SPHEREx, the NASA payload will include the PUNCH mission, which contains thr...
SPHEREx launch and telescope details
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
NASA's pursuit of understanding the cosmos is set to take a significant leap forward with the upcoming launch of a new sky-mapping space telescope, the SPHEREx space telescope, which is scheduled to launch on February 27, 2025. The launch will take place from Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg...