Universe ID: 20272

TESS Spacecraft Animations

Animations by Walt Feimer Released on January 8, 2018

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the sky. In a two-year survey of the solar neighborhood, TESS will monitor more than 200,000 stars for temporary drops in brightness caused by planetary transits. This first-ever spaceborne all-sky transit survey will identify planets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants, around a wide range of stellar types and orbital distances. No ground-based survey can achieve this feat.

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Animation Credits

Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Lead Animator
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Lead Producer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Mission:
TESS

This item is part of this series:
Astrophysics Animations

Keywords:
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Exoplanet
SVS >> 4K
SVS >> TESS