A new exoplanet finder mission in 2017

Good to hear that there will be a follow up mission to the Kepler space observatory dedicated to finding exoplanets:

Update: Don’t see a website for the exoplanet project yet but here is a Wikipedia page:  Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

A commenter here, points also to the other  experiment that NASA approved – the Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER). This will be mounted on the exterior of the ISS in 2017 to study neutron stars with a X-ray timing and spectroscopy instrument.

2 thoughts on “A new exoplanet finder mission in 2017”

  1. Also, NICER (the neutron star watcher) going to the ISS in 2017 is yet another “nice” addition to contradict the Griffinesque faction that still wants to dump the ISS in 2015 (or as soon as they can).

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