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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Kepler is more than 10,000,000 miles from Earth and continues in its drift away, heliocentric orbit.
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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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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 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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It has now been five months since Kepler science operations began.
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Kepler completed another science data download over October 18-19.
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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 experienced a safe mode event on Nov. 18, 2009.
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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA today transferred management of all operations for the Kepler Mission from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., to NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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