Curated Video
NASA's mission to find new life on exoplanets
US TESS SPACE PLANET HUNTER
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS / NASA
RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY / PART MANDATORY COURTESY NASA
LENGTH: 3:28
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