NASA's SPHEREx observatory is now in space for a two year year mission to create a 3D map of the entire celestial sky. The telescope left the ground on top of a Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad in California,

NASA and SpaceX on Monday will launch of its SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft's in order to seek a better understanding of the known universe.

After several delays, SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA missions out of Vandenberg Space Force Base. The rocket carried two projects: the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions.