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November 13, 2014

NASA's TESS mission cleared for next development phase
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 12, 2014
NASA has officially confirmed the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, clearing it to move forward into the development phase. This marks a significant step for the TESS mission, which would search the entire sky for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Designed as the first all-sky survey, TESS would spend two years of an overall three-year funded science mission searching both hemispheres of the sky for nearby exoplanets. "This is an incredibly exciting t ... read more

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