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This NASA Discovery mission is to be launched in June 2008 and will search for Earth-size and smaller planets. Launch was originally scheduled in 2007 but delayed by 8 months due to "funding constraints".
Here's the official web site: http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ |
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Feb 27 2009, 07:28 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
Launch has been pushed back a day to check the Delta II for any common parts with the Taurus that failed this week. Launch now no earlier than Friday, 6 Mar 2009 at 10:49:57 p.m. EST (Saturday 7 Mar 2009 03:49:57 UTC)
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d339/status.html |
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imran Kepler Mission Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
ljk4-1 Paper: astro-ph/0512251
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 16:... Dec 12 2005, 04:02 PM
ljk4-1 Astrophysics, abstract
astro-ph/0601186
From: Gy... Jan 10 2006, 03:51 PM ljk4-1 Science/Astronomy:
* Close-Up on the Kepler Missi... Jan 19 2006, 07:16 PM Redstone According to the Kepler website, which doesn't... Mar 29 2006, 07:46 PM Toymaker QUOTE (Redstone @ Mar 29 2006, 07:46 PM) ... Mar 30 2006, 01:05 PM PhilHorzempa QUOTE (Redstone @ Mar 29 2006, 04:46 PM) ... Apr 3 2006, 08:59 PM BruceMoomaw Latest news is that the launch is currently set fo... Mar 30 2006, 06:36 PM GravityWaves Looks like a great mission,
we've got loads o... Mar 31 2006, 02:57 AM PhilHorzempa This is targeted at those with some familiarity wi... May 22 2006, 03:05 AM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 22 2006, 03:05 ... May 23 2006, 01:59 AM remcook Are there known transiting exoplanets in that piec... May 22 2006, 09:58 AM angel1801 QUOTE (remcook @ May 22 2006, 07:28 PM) A... May 22 2006, 02:07 PM antoniseb QUOTE (angel1801 @ May 22 2006, 08:07 AM)... May 22 2006, 07:02 PM scalbers QUOTE (antoniseb @ May 22 2006, 07:02 PM)... Mar 8 2009, 03:10 PM PhilHorzempa Here is a direct look at Kepler's FOV (Field o... May 23 2006, 03:57 AM GravityWaves QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 23 2006, 12:57 ... Jun 14 2008, 04:12 PM ljk4-1 Systems Engineering for the Kepler Mission
http:/... May 23 2006, 03:10 PM PhilHorzempa Here is an image of a Milky Way star field in the ... Jul 1 2006, 03:42 AM AlexBlackwell The Kepler Mission: The Search for Earth-like Plan... Feb 7 2007, 04:49 PM ustrax Alan Stern is not kidding around... Jul 16 2007, 03:18 PM djellison "There's a new team in town and we don... Jul 16 2007, 03:26 PM ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 16 2007, 04:26 PM)... Jul 16 2007, 03:45 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 16 2007, 11:26 AM)... Jul 16 2007, 05:08 PM Greg Hullender I really love the Kepler mission concept, and I... Jul 16 2007, 03:26 PM hendric Too bad Alan wasn't around to prevent the GP-B... Jul 17 2007, 12:33 PM djellison QUOTE (hendric @ Jul 17 2007, 01:33 PM) 1... Jul 17 2007, 12:51 PM Jim from NSF.com Back up Skylab,
Agena
Triana is some where
AFP-88... Jul 17 2007, 03:18 PM edstrick "...The Saturn V at JSC is built from parts d... Jul 18 2007, 06:12 AM djellison This is what Wiki says:
Currently there are three... Jul 18 2007, 11:26 AM stevesliva The space station appears destined to contribute a... Jul 18 2007, 03:46 PM Jim from NSF.com Only 3 MPLM's
the rest wasn't built Jul 18 2007, 08:10 PM PhilCo126 In which parts of the Electromagnetic spectrum are... Aug 31 2007, 06:46 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Aug 31 2007, 08:46 AM)... Aug 31 2007, 06:56 PM PhilCo126 Kepler mission: Work in progress
http://www.ballae... Sep 8 2007, 01:05 PM Del Palmer Just finished submitting your name for LRO? Now s... May 5 2008, 06:51 PM Greg Hullender Another Kepler update.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ne... Sep 27 2008, 06:27 PM Greg Hullender They're now showing Kepler scheduled for launc... Oct 8 2008, 05:04 PM Ron Hobbs The NASA Launch Schedule now has the Kepler launch... Oct 11 2008, 08:04 PM Ron Hobbs Yesterday, NASA moved the launch of Kepler back to... Oct 15 2008, 04:06 PM BPCooper I haven't seen any posts on Kepler in a while ... Feb 21 2009, 07:56 PM helvick Thanks for the update Ben - much appreciated.
S... Feb 22 2009, 01:11 AM Byran I hope that Kepler would have to wait for the resu... Feb 26 2009, 06:44 PM Stu Thanks for the link to the Kepler info Byran, fasc... Feb 26 2009, 07:03 PM Greg Hullender Although I think this bit is worth posting, since ... Feb 26 2009, 11:11 PM BPCooper The Delta 2 rocket with Kepler has been cleared fo... Mar 3 2009, 12:52 AM imipak *ulp*. This is the most nervous I'm going to b... Mar 3 2009, 08:59 PM ustrax imipak, Kepler and its possibilites is definitily ... Mar 4 2009, 09:57 AM imipak I hope, _hope_, /HOPE!/ that you're right.... Mar 4 2009, 08:01 PM ustrax And how cool can it get the fact of watching the l... Mar 4 2009, 08:09 PM imipak I'm sure there's a Portuguese equivalent o... Mar 4 2009, 08:53 PM ustrax Yes, I know the expression...I have chosen another... Mar 4 2009, 09:30 PM PhilCo126 Did anyone found a weblink with the dimensions of ... Mar 5 2009, 08:42 AM ustrax Nope...I would say 5 to 6 meters tall...
Only foun... Mar 5 2009, 11:18 AM PhilCo126 Ben Cooper Launchphotography has amazing photos of... Mar 5 2009, 03:21 PM Greg Hullender I have a "no peanuts" rule this time, th... Mar 5 2009, 04:59 PM ustrax If my time zone doesn't fail me there will be ... Mar 5 2009, 05:25 PM Vultur 16 hours left...
fingers crossed... Mar 6 2009, 11:33 AM ugordan QUOTE (Vultur @ Mar 6 2009, 12:33 PM) fin... Mar 6 2009, 12:02 PM ustrax Great to see the attention it is getting on CNN... Mar 6 2009, 12:42 PM SpaceListener I am trying to find out about the future position ... Mar 6 2009, 02:43 PM HughFromAlice QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Mar 7 2009, 12:13 ... Mar 6 2009, 03:40 PM dmuller Does anybody know where I can find the spice kerne... Mar 7 2009, 01:57 PM remcook My impression was that it would move further and f... Mar 6 2009, 02:56 PM SpaceListener Thank you HughFromAlice. Its heliocentric orbit ta... Mar 6 2009, 05:18 PM ustrax Man...Jon Jenkins back at BTC contagiated me with ... Mar 6 2009, 11:10 PM nprev Great, moving words. I think all of us are pretty ... Mar 7 2009, 12:26 AM Zvezdichko Looks like launch was successful. Mar 7 2009, 06:07 AM eoincampbell Brilliant launch Kepler, (I'm Ecstatic)
Go Fin... Mar 7 2009, 07:26 AM PhilCo126 Indeed, together with CoRoT a very interesting mi... Mar 7 2009, 07:59 AM Stu Gorgeous launch pics by Ben Cooper...
http://www.... Mar 7 2009, 01:24 PM FrankB I don't know about Corot... It seems it didn... Mar 7 2009, 01:24 PM SpaceListener I am glad to know that the launch of Kepler was st... Mar 7 2009, 03:19 PM BrianJ Congratulations on a succesful launch to everyone ... Mar 7 2009, 07:45 PM Del Palmer QUOTE (BrianJ @ Mar 7 2009, 07:45 PM) 1. ... Mar 8 2009, 01:49 AM MahFL We saw the launch last night in real life from our... Mar 8 2009, 02:59 AM climber QUOTE (MahFL @ Mar 8 2009, 03:59 AM) We s... Mar 8 2009, 04:11 PM BrianJ QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Mar 8 2009, 01:49 AM)... Mar 8 2009, 06:11 PM Mongo QUOTE (BrianJ @ Mar 8 2009, 06:11 PM) Tha... Mar 8 2009, 07:53 PM scalbers QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 8 2009, 07:53 PM) It w... Mar 8 2009, 08:53 PM scalbers Yes, the radial velocity method can determine the ... Mar 7 2009, 08:28 PM BrianJ QUOTE (scalbers @ Mar 7 2009, 08:28 PM) Y... Mar 7 2009, 09:56 PM scalbers QUOTE (BrianJ @ Mar 7 2009, 09:56 PM) Usi... Mar 8 2009, 03:06 PM belleraphon1 Congratulations to the mission launch team on this... Mar 7 2009, 09:28 PM tasp It would not be confirmable by the 3 observation c... Mar 8 2009, 03:34 AM nprev Considering that the Kreutz group is thought to ha... Mar 8 2009, 06:24 AM Syrinx I made it out to the Kepler launch party here at N... Mar 8 2009, 08:00 PM dilo QUOTE (Syrinx @ Mar 8 2009, 09:00 PM) - W... Mar 8 2009, 09:09 PM robspace54 I am an engineer for MAG Cincinnati (formerly Cinc... Mar 10 2009, 05:18 PM PhilCo126 Talking about mission life time; there was already... Mar 10 2009, 06:33 PM HughFromAlice QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Mar 11 2009, 04:03 AM)... Mar 10 2009, 10:39 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Mar 10 2009, 04:39... Mar 10 2009, 10:46 PM AndyG QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Mar 10 2009, 10:46 P... Mar 11 2009, 09:32 AM HughFromAlice QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Mar 11 2009, 08:16 A... Mar 11 2009, 10:57 AM SpaceListener QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ Mar 10 2009, 04:39... Mar 11 2009, 02:22 PM dilo SpaceListener, I hope you're jocking...
If y... Mar 11 2009, 03:50 PM djellison QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Mar 11 2009, 02:22... Mar 11 2009, 05:11 PM PhilCo126 Correct Doug... examining the star's (periodic... Mar 12 2009, 08:58 AM siravan QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Mar 12 2009, 03:58 AM)... Mar 12 2009, 11:23 AM |
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