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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 20, 2009
The Kepler science team has decided that further refinement of the telescope's focus would significantly improve the mission's science return.
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Mission Manager Update, April 17, 2009
Kepler's "first light" image taken the day after cover release is now available to the public.
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Kepler Captures First Views of Planet-Hunting Territory
NASA's Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth.
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Mission Manager Update, April 13, 2009
Up until a few days ago, NASA's Deep Space Network stations have had their Ka-band radio receivers cross polarized to the spacecraft radio transmitter.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 8, 2009
The dust cover was successfully jettisoned from the front of the telescope last evening at about 7:18 p.m. PDT.
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Dust Cover Jettisoned From NASA's Kepler Telescope
Engineers have successfully ejected the dust cover from NASA's Kepler telescope, a spaceborne mission soon to begin searching for worlds like Earth.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 7, 2009
All of the technical and programmatic reviews leading to the release of the dust cover from Kepler are now successfully completed.
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Kepler Dust Cover Poised for Removal
The dust cover on NASA's Kepler spacecraft is scheduled to be ejected tonight, no earlier than 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, with a backup opportunity tomorrow evening.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 2, 2009
Flight controllers have transitioned Kepler out of its low-activity safe mode and have powered on its main instrument, the photometer.
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NASA Joins 'Around the World in 80 Telescopes'
A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event Friday, April 3, that will allow the public to get an inside look at how these missions are run.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, April 2, 2009
Flight controllers have transitioned Kepler out of its low-activity safe mode and have powered on its main instrument, the photometer.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, March 30, 2009
Engineers have determined the cause of Kepler's entry into limited safe mode last week, and are preparing to return the spacecraft to normal operations.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, March 26, 2009
Scientists have analyzed "dark" calibration data taken by Kepler with its dust cover on, and have concluded that the telescope's focal-plane array, the area where light is focused, is behaving as expected.
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Mission Manager Update, March 21, 2009
Kepler is now 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth.
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Mission Manager Update, March 18, 2009
Engineers are continuing the process of calibrating Kepler's photometer in the dark, with its dust cover on.
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Mission Manager Update, March 16, 2009
Kepler is now more than 1 million kilometers (620,000 miles) from Earth, drifting away at the rate of about 1 kilometer per second.
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Kepler Mission Manager Report - Mar. 12, 2009
Kepler's science instrument, called a photometer, was powered on by flight controllers and will be calibrated over the next several weeks.
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Kepler Mission Manager Report - Mar. 11, 2009
After Kepler vaulted into the heavens on a column of thunder Friday March 6, it quickly sent its first communications to Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network.
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NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday.
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Five Things About Kepler
Here are some quick facts about the Kepler mission, scheduled to launch March 6, 2009.