NASA Gears Up for Weekend Launch Carrying Missions to Study the Milky Way and Sun

Update: March 2, 11:12 a.m.

ET: SpaceX has postponed the launch to Tuesday, March 4 at 10:09 p.m. For NASA, its one down and one to go.

ET on Sunday, March 2.

SPHEREx at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SPHEREx at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Photo: BAE Systems/Benjamin Fry

Lunar Trailblazer launched to the Moon on Wednesday at 7:16 p.m. To wit, the Lunar Trailblazer hitched a ride with three other spacecraftincluding Intuitive Machines IM-2 lunar landerinto space.

Next up are SPHEREx and PUNCH.

A pre-launchpress conferencewill be streamed live on the NASA+ app on Saturday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m.

A high-resolution snapshot of the Sun from Solar Orbiter.

The launch will be livestreamed, which youre welcome to watch below.

Launch coverage should begin around 9:15 p.m. News from the future, delivered to your present.

A Webb image of Uranus, its rings, and 9 of its 27 moons.

Curiosity Rover

Lucy Donaldjohanson

Astronaut Don Pettit

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s first views of the asteroid Donaldjohanson. The asteroid is outlined with a square in the right image to guide the eye.

Predator Badlands

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Alicia Witt in Urban Legend

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.