On July 4, Kepler passed a point 12,500,000 kilometers (7,767,140 miles) from Earth.
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Kepler remains in its science attitude and Earth-trailing, helio-centric orbit.
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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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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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