TESS Beauty Pass Animation

  • Released Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
  • Updated Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 at 12:21AM
  • ID: 20260

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

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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