NASA will host a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 15, to discuss the status of the agency’s Kepler Space Telescope.
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NASA will host a news teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT Aug. 15, to discuss the status of the agency’s Kepler Space Telescope.
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The next step of the exploratory recovery effort will be a system-level performance test to determine if the wheels can adequately control spacecraft pointing.
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During initial exploratory recovery tests, both reaction wheel 4 and 2 spun.
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Over the next week, the team will attempt tests to explore recovery of the spacecraft’s reaction wheels.
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NASA’s Kepler mission is helping in the quest for “Goldilocks planets,” where conditions are “just right” for development of life.
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Astronomers have found two planets smaller than three times the size of Earth orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded stellar cluster approximately 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.
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Exploratory recovery commanding of Kepler’s reaction wheels will commence mid-to-late July.
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The team recently completed a monthly science data download, marking the successful completion of Quarter 16 flight operations.
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During a scheduled contact, engineers discovered Kepler was in a self-protective mode. The spacecraft returned to science data collection on May 6.
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