Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA's astrophysics mission
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NASA has selected tech billionaire Elon Musk’s private aerospace company, SpaceX, to provide launch services for an astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light. The planned two-year mission is called SPHEREx, short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer. The mission is currently targeted to launch as early as June 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
