TESS Undergoes Integration and Testing

Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center test TESS's solar panels. 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. Related pages

B-roll compilation. NASA's next planet-hunting mission has arrived 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 this spring. TESS was delivered Feb. 12 aboard a truck from Orbital ATK in Dulles, Virginia, where it was assembled and tested in 2017. Over the next month, the spacecraft will be 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. Related pages

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B-roll of TESS spacecraft being prepared for integrating and testing. The TESS spacecraft being prepared for integration of the TESS instrument at Orbital ATK in Dulles, Va. For More InformationSee [https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/](https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov/) Related pages