NASA and SpaceX have successfully launched two missions into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after overcoming bad weather and technical issues.
NASA’s new space telescope, the SPHEREx Observatory, will map the sky over Earth’s poles for two years, while SpaceX’s PUNCH mission will carry four small satellites to study the sun.
SpaceX announced after the launch that the Falcon 9 had launched from a pad in California.
The launch was delayed by high winds at the launch site and a technical issue with one of the NASA spacecraft.
The successful liftoff is the first time NASA and SpaceX have launched two missions simultaneously.
