Following the apparent failure of reaction wheel 4, engineers were successful at transitioning the spacecraft to Point Rest State. original
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
At our semi-weekly contact on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, we found the Kepler spacecraft once again in safe mode. original
NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today
NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency’s Kepler Space Telescope. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
During a scheduled contact, engineers discovered Kepler was in a self-protective mode. The spacecraft returned to science data collection on May 6. original
Kepler Mission Manager Update
The team recently completed a monthly science data download, marking the successful completion of Quarter 16 flight operations. original
NASA TV Briefing Discusses Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Results
NASA will hold a news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 3, to discuss the first results of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment. AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector located on the exterior of the International Space Station. To source
Astronomers Discover Planetary Odd Couple
Astronomers have discovered a pair of neighboring planets with dissimilar densities orbiting very close to each other. original
NASA's Kepler Releases New Catalog- 2,321 Planet Candidates
Since science operations began in May 2009, the Kepler team has released two catalogs of transiting planet candidates. original
Mini Planetary System
This artist’s concept depicts an itsy bitsy planetary system – so compact, in fact, that it’s more like Jupiter and its moons than a star and its planets. Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission and ground-based telescopes recently confirmed that the system, KOI-961, hosts the three smallest exoplanets known so far to orbit a […]
NASA Completes Orion Spacecraft Parachute Testing In Arizona
NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency’s Orion spacecraft. To source
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
NASA’s Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. To source
NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Instrumental to Hubble Telescope Repair, Will Help Oversee its Science Operations
NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld, who participated in three spaceflights to service the Hubble Space Telescope, is leaving the agency to become the deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. To source
HAT P7b Light Curves-Magnified
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