NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its Starbase launch facility in Cameron County, Texas.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced it has selected SpaceX at Starbase to launch its Pandora mission. Pandora, a small satellite, will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to find out how changes in stars affect observations of exoplanet atmospheres,

Pandora will lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as so many other satellites have. A small NASA exoplanet probe now has a ride to Earth orbit. The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora,