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Mission Manager Updates

Updates from Kepler Mission Manager - Roger Hunter

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Johannes Kepler

His Life, His Laws and Times

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

Since returning to science data collection on Jan. 27, 2013, after a 10-day precautionary wheel rest safe mode, the spacecraft has been performing ...

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The artist's concept depicts the new planet dubbed Kepler-37b.

Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System

Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun.

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Artist's conception of a hypothetical planet with two moons orbiting a red dwarf star.

Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door

Astronomers estimate that six percent of red dwarfs have a temperate Earth-size planet, as close as 13 light-years away.

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Kepler Mission Manager Update: Kepler Returns to ...

After a "wheel rest" safe mode that began on January 17, 2013, NASA's Kepler spacecraft returned to science data collection.

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

Kepler has completed two science data downloads since the last update, successfully completing Quarter 15 flight operations and beginning Quarter 16.

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An illustration of a number of the different kinds of planets found by Kepler all lined up in a row.

At Least One in Six Stars Has an Earth-sized Planet

A new analysis of Kepler data shows that about 17 percent of stars have an Earth-sized planet in an orbit closer than Mercury.

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National Academy of Sciences Honors Kepler Scientist

William Borucki, principal investigator for the Kepler mission at the agency's Ames Research Center, is recipient of the 2013 Henry Draper Medal.

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Kepler Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates

Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in the "habitable zone," where liquid water might exist.

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This artist's concept shows the Kepler spacecraft.

Billions and Billions of Planets

Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission estimate that at least 100 billion planets populate the galaxy.

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

After discovering the spacecraft was not collecting precision data, Kepler engineers succeeded in returning the spacecraft to science data collection.

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