TESS and Moon Illustration (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

TESS and Moon Illustration

Caption

An illustration of TESS as it passed the Moon during its lunar flyby. This provided a gravitational boost that placed TESS on course for its final working orbit.

Credit

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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