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Kepler Spacecraft to Hunt Earth-Like Worlds
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 14 January 2009
8:43 am ET
BOULDER, Colo. - NASA's Kepler space telescope, a sharp-eyed spacecraft designed to hunt for Earth-like planets, is ready to ship out for an early March launch. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - the Boulder, Colo.-based NASA contractor responsible for developing the Kepler flight system and supporting mission operations - recently completed the spacecraft's final pre-ship checkout and delivered the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for a March 5 liftoff on a Delta 2 booster.http://www.space.com/businesstechnology ... unter.html
It's not every day that a guy gets a Space Mission launch for a birthday present!
Kepler @ NASA : http://kepler.nasa.gov/
By Leonard David
SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist
posted: 14 January 2009
8:43 am ET
BOULDER, Colo. - NASA's Kepler space telescope, a sharp-eyed spacecraft designed to hunt for Earth-like planets, is ready to ship out for an early March launch. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - the Boulder, Colo.-based NASA contractor responsible for developing the Kepler flight system and supporting mission operations - recently completed the spacecraft's final pre-ship checkout and delivered the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for a March 5 liftoff on a Delta 2 booster.http://www.space.com/businesstechnology ... unter.html
It's not every day that a guy gets a Space Mission launch for a birthday present!
Kepler @ NASA : http://kepler.nasa.gov/