TESS Beauty Pass Animation
Artist's concept of the TESS spacecraft.
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an Explorer-class planet finder. In the first-ever spaceborne all-sky transit survey, TESS will identify planets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants, orbiting a wide range of stellar types and orbital distances. The principal goal of the TESS mission is to detect small planets with bright host stars in the solar neighborhood, so that detailed characterizations of the planets and their atmospheres can be performed.
Animation of TESS spacecraft with star field in background.
For More Information
See nasa.gov/tess
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Chris Meaney (HTSI)
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:21 AM EST.