Telescope hitching ride on a SpaceX rocket designed to spot alien worlds If the vagaries of weather and rocket science conclude not intervene,the most ambitious search for alien worlds around the brightest stars in the sky will launch on Monday with the launch of Nasa’s newest planet-hunting spacecraft.
After final preparations at the weekend, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, and Tess,is on course for take off as early as 6.32pm local time (11.32pm UK) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the first opportunity mission controllers contain to launch in a window that remains open until June.
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Source: guardian.co.uk