Astronomy current events question: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2013
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)

MIT Press Office, "NASA Selects MIT-Led TESS Project for 2017 Mission," April 5, 2013
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/nasa-selects-tess-for-mission-0405.html

NASA selected the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to launch in 2017 to detect exoplanets:
(A) while they form.
(B) as they orbit in front of their stars.
(C) being swallowed by dying stars.
(D) in neighboring galaxies.
(E) passing close to our solar system.

Correct answer: (B)

Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 1 student
(B) : 27 students
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 10 students
(E) : 11 students