NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams are closer to getting home, nine months after arriving on Boeing’s Starliner. A capsule is set to arrive at the space station Thursday.

NASA’s newest space telescope, called SPHEREx, finally got off the ground this week, after a series of delays that had stalled its launch since late February. From low-Earth orbit, it will gather data on millions of stars and galaxies—and search for the ingredients of life.

Barring any issues, veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could be back on Earth on March 17.

SPHEREx begins its mission to scan hundreds of millions of galaxies, while companion satellites track solar winds.

NASA has launched a new space telescope, SPHEREx, into orbit to complement the observations of the James Webb Telescope. It was launched from Vandenberg Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and has already begun its mission.

NASA has launched the new SPHEREx space telescope into orbit, intended to complement the observations of the James Webb Telescope. It was launched from the Vandenberg Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and has already begun its mission,