SpaceX wins contract to launch NASA’s astrophysics mission
Elon Musk’s company to survey the sky in the near-infrared light
The two-year mission is called SPHEREx
Invisible to the naked eye, Near-infrared eye helps provide info regarding the cosmic
The mission is expected to commence in June 2024
Will be launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more than 300 million galaxies
