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A photo of two scientists inspecting the tess satellite in a cleanroom environment.

TESS team is awarded NASA's Silver Achievement Medal

September 5, 2019
A researcher stands at a benchtop in a laboratory

BEAMM Lab explores interactions between energy and tissue

April 15, 2019
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has found three confirmed exoplanets in the data from the space telescope’s four cameras. Photo: NASA/MIT/TESS
In the Media

NASA's TESS Rounds Up its First Planets, Snares Far-flung Supernovae

February 13, 2019
NASA
MIT graduate students Pronoy Biswas (left) and Mark Chodas (right) prepare the REXIS instrument for flight. Photo: William Litant/MIT

Catching rays with REXIS on the way to asteroid Bennu

January 17, 2019
Captured image of the Large Magellanic Cloud and bright star R.
In the Media

NASA's TESS Shares First Science Image in Hunt to Find New Worlds

September 17, 2018
NASA
3D Rendering of the Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
In the Media

TESS primed and ready to discover distant worlds

August 2, 2018
Spaceflight Insider
Staff from the Laboratory and the aerospace company Orbital ATK inspect the satellite in Dulles, Virginia, prior to shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for launch vehicle integration. The four cameras can be seen inside the sunshade. Photo: Orbital ATK

Laboratory cameras are enabling TESS’s quest for exoplanets

June 18, 2018
The results of the solar eclipse infrared observations are compiled into time-lapsed clips. This clip shows the mid-wave infrared (3–5 µm) imagery.

Lincoln Laboratory staff captured first-of-their-kind infrared images of solar eclipse

February 5, 2018
Robert Atkins (right), Head, Advanced Technology Division, introduced Daniel Ripin (center) at the awards ceremony; Director Eric Evans presented the award. Photo: Glen Cooper
Awards

February ceremony honored recipients of 2016 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Excellence Awards

February 21, 2017
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