On July 4, 2020 TESS will begin its extended mission. This also marks the beginning of Cycle 3 of the TESS GI program. There are a number of changes in how TESS operates that start with Cycle 3, including a new 20-s cadence mode, all FFI data being taken at …

The TESS Guest Investigator program Cycle 3 closed in January. We received a record number of proposals in Cycle 3, which is the first extended mission cycle. A total of 155 proposals were submitted, these a mix of Small, Large, and Key Project proposals. The proposals are currently under review …

The TESS team are exploring options for making TESS full-frame image (FFI) data available more rapidly. To help us plan these activities we would greatly appreciate anyone interested in TESS FFI data to fill out this short survey. Our intention is to understand the value of making FFI data available …

We are excited to announce that the TESS Cycle 3 proposal call has been released. TESS Cycle 3 observations will be collected during the first year of the extended mission, running from July 2020 until June 2021. All Cycle 3 fields are in the Southern Ecliptic Hemisphere. Please make sure …

During certain sectors of Year 2, the Earth and/or Moon are very close to or inside the pre-planned fields-of-view of cameras 1 and 2 for long periods, reducing the number of days useful for transit detections by those two cameras to as few as 7-10 days per sector. The …