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NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres

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NASA 's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres.

Completion of the spacecraft bus brings Pandora , a mission poised to look for the presence of hazes, clouds and water in exoplanets, closer to launch.

Pandora is a small satellite poised to provide in-depth study of at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars.

Pandora is led by NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center .

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides the mission's project management and engineering.

Pandora 's telescope was manufactured by Corning and developed collaboratively with Livermore , which also developed the imaging detector assemblies.

The infrared sensor was provided by NASA Goddard.