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NASA's Pandora Launched on SpaceX Rideshare Mission
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Pandora small satellite, the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. Pandora will provide an in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars to determine the composition of their atmospheres — especially the presence of hazes, clouds, and water.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineNASA's Pandora Launched on SpaceX Rideshare Mission. NASA/KSC, 2026-01-11. Public domain. ID: KSC-20260111-PH-SPX01_0013.
