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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
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
A plane is propelled via ionic wind. Batteries in the fuselage (tan compartment on front) supply voltage to electrodes (blue/white horizontal lines), generating a wind of ions that propels the plane forward. Photo: Christine Y. He
In the Media

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

November 21, 2018
MIT News
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
Portrait photo of Estefania Bohorquez
Awards

"Future leaders" in aerospace complete summer research

August 16, 2018
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 Minotaur IV lifts off, carrying ORS-5 SensorSat to equatorial orbit. Photo courtesy of Orbital ATK

Satellite launched on surveillance mission

November 22, 2017
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