Universe ID: 12892

TESS Solar Array Deploy

Released on March 13, 2018

NASA's next planet-hunting mission is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin preparation for launch. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida no earlier than April 16th, 2018. TESS is being prepped for launch at Kennedy's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. TESS is the next step in NASA's search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.

Credits

Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Claire Saravia (NASA/GSFC): Producer

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NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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Mission:
TESS

This item is part of this series:
Astrophysics B-Roll

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Kennedy Space Center
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Exoplanet
SVS >> 4K
SVS >> TESS
SVS >> Solar Panel