Kepler Planet Finder on Its Way After Successful Launch
NASA’s Kepler mission to find planets outside our Solar System is well into its 60-day checkout period following a trouble-free countdown and nominal launch into clear skies Mar. 6. A United Launch Alliance Delta II lifted the 2,320-lb. spacecraft, built by Ball Aerospace, into an Earth-trailing...
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