Liftoff! SpaceX Launches NASA TESS Planet Finder Mission

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2018. -- NASA's TESS Satellite Will Supercharge Search for Nearby, Earth-Like Worlds: https://www.space.com/40307-nasa-tess-satellite-earth-like-exoplanets.html

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