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Science Magazines Honor Cutting-Edge NASA Programs
NASA's revolutionary planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been honored with the 2009 Best of What's New Grand Award from Popular Science Magazine and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, Nov. 5, 2009
Kepler completed another science data download over October 18-19.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, Oct. 14, 2009
It has now been five months since Kepler science operations began.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, Sept. 23, 2009
Kepler is approximately 18 million kilometers (11 million miles) from Earth, and continuing its drift-away orbit. All systems are operating normally. Last week, the Kepler project team completed another download of science data, and, in conjunction, a quarterly roll of the spacecraft.
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Kepler and the Search for Life in Our Galaxy
We are just beginning to learn about worlds beyond our solar system, so we really don't have a good idea of what the chances are for advanced life in our Galaxy. That's where the Kepler mission comes in.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, Sept. 8, 2009
As it nears 11,000,000 miles distance from Earth, the Kepler spacecraft continues to scan the Milky Way galaxy, near the Cygnus constellation, for Earth-sized planets.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, August 21, 2009
Kepler is more than 10,000,000 miles from Earth and continues in its drift away, heliocentric orbit.
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NASA's Kepler Spies Changing Phases on a Distant World
NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities.
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NASA To Hold Briefing about Kepler's Early Science Results
NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 11 a.m. PDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, July 23, 2009
Kepler remains in its science attitude and Earth-trailing, helio-centric orbit.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, July 7, 2009
On July 4, Kepler passed a point 12,500,000 kilometers (7,767,140 miles) from Earth.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, June 19, 2009
Kepler is more than 10,700,000 kilometers (about 6,600,00 miles) from Earth and continues its planned drift-away orbit.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, June 9, 2009
Kepler is nearing 10 million kilometers from Earth, and will pass that mark on June 12.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, May 29, 2009
Kepler remains safe and stable in its "drift-away" heliocentric orbit.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, May 14, 2009
Following a successful readiness review, Kepler began its search for planets around other stars on May 12, 2009.
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Kepler Mission Begins Search
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 6, will spend the next three-and-a-half years staring at more than 100,000 stars for telltale signs of planets.
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Let the Planet Hunt Begin
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, May 7, 2009
Kepler is now more than six million kilometers (3.7 million miles) from Earth.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, May 1, 2009
Kepler's calibration data collection is drawing to a close.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 23, 2009
The Kepler telescope's focus has been successfully optimized.