
New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission To Launch In 2017
• David Dickinson via PopSci.comTESS will be the first dedicated all-sky exoplanet hunting satellite.
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TESS will be the first dedicated all-sky exoplanet hunting satellite.
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One team will be testing fusion propulsion this summer in Redmond.
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