The spacecraft continues to operate efficiently and the science team has had a chance to examine the high rate data that was downlinked on March 6-7.
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The light of a red star is warped and magnified by its dead-star companion, as detected by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.
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Kepler-47 is the first double-star system discovered containing multiple planets, one of which is orbiting in the so-called “habitable zone.”
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The Kepler team completed another monthly science data download, August 29-30, completing Quarter 14 month 2 science data collection.
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The discovery of planets continues to expand beyond the domain of professional astronomers.
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The Kepler team has completed two more science data downloads marking the successful completion of Quarter 14 flight operations.
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Today NASA marks two milestones in the search for planets like Earth.
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After discovering the spacecraft was not collecting precision data, Kepler engineers succeeded in returning the spacecraft to science data collection.
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NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy aboard the International Space Station will conduct a live air-to-ground talk with students of Fredricksburg High School in Texas at 12:40 p.m. EDT (11:40 a.m. CDT) Thursday, May 2.
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NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, a Vining, Minn., native who is making final preparations for a launch to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 7- 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, May 9.
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