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imran
post Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
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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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- imran   Kepler Mission   Sep 24 2005, 04:23 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
- - Mongo   One unexpected (to me) fact is that using a planet...   Mar 12 2009, 02:48 PM
- - Vultur   When will Kepler begin to actually observe stars?   Mar 12 2009, 07:58 PM
- - Mongo   According to the Kepler twitter site, it will be a...   Mar 12 2009, 08:05 PM
- - Stu   Anyone wanting to read some background info about ...   Mar 12 2009, 10:27 PM
|- - ustrax   You're too kind my collab...friend... Vultu...   Mar 12 2009, 11:17 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 12 2009, 10:27 PM) Beyon...   Mar 12 2009, 11:33 PM
- - PhilCo126   I'll second that... superb blog Ustrax !...   Mar 13 2009, 10:11 AM
|- - ustrax   Thanks, having Stu on the crew makes it worth of a...   Mar 13 2009, 10:50 AM
- - Syrinx   Thw twitter feed states that the photometer was sw...   Mar 13 2009, 06:03 PM
- - HughFromAlice   Testing: The complexity of modern spacecraft is am...   Mar 14 2009, 10:01 PM
- - Stu   Planning on incorporating Kepler's mission int...   Mar 15 2009, 12:22 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 15 2009, 06:22 AM) Plann...   Mar 15 2009, 04:51 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Interesting question. The Exoplanets Forum migh...   Mar 15 2009, 05:58 PM
- - Hungry4info   I looked at the 3d worlds atlas at the Planet Ques...   Mar 16 2009, 12:36 AM
- - dmuller   Early release version of the Kepler realtime simul...   Mar 16 2009, 06:04 AM
- - PhilCo126   Interesting to find out where & when the Keple...   Mar 16 2009, 10:17 AM
|- - ustrax   If you guys have any question regarding the missio...   Mar 16 2009, 10:24 AM
- - PhilCo126   http://astronomynow.com/090309DavidKochInterview.h...   Mar 17 2009, 08:37 AM
|- - HughFromAlice   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Mar 17 2009, 06:07 PM)...   Mar 26 2009, 10:29 PM
|- - AndyG   Hi Hugh, I notice that he goes on to say it's...   Mar 27 2009, 09:02 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (AndyG @ Mar 27 2009, 09:02 AM) As ...   Mar 28 2009, 08:08 PM
- - Stu   re. an all sky map of exoplanet locations... What...   Mar 20 2009, 06:44 AM
- - PhilCo126   Thanks for pointing out this blog Stu Hope You...   Mar 20 2009, 11:01 AM
- - Stu   Some very useful Kepler- and exoplanet-related dow...   Mar 21 2009, 05:07 PM
|- - ustrax   The answers to the great questions that some of yo...   Mar 23 2009, 12:06 PM
|- - ustrax   Just got word from Natalie Batalha saying that the...   Mar 24 2009, 08:31 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 24 2009, 12:31 PM) Ju...   Mar 25 2009, 07:00 AM
|- - ustrax   Syrinx, according to Batalha, it took longer than ...   Mar 25 2009, 08:11 AM
- - PhilCo126   Keep us posted on the dust cover jettison   Mar 26 2009, 08:32 AM
|- - ustrax   FIRST LIGHT!...Slow down ustrax... Kepler is...   Mar 26 2009, 03:28 PM
- - belleraphon1   KEPLER went into limited safe mode on March 23.......   Apr 1 2009, 02:39 PM
- - imipak   Well, it's nice to know safe mode works proper...   Apr 1 2009, 06:40 PM
|- - ustrax   Kepler’s cover ejection will, most probably, take ...   Apr 1 2009, 09:15 PM
- - belleraphon1   Dust cover soon... space science takes patience......   Apr 2 2009, 11:13 PM
|- - ustrax   Looks like, if everything goes well, that today is...   Apr 7 2009, 07:05 AM
- - Syrinx   http://kepler.nasa.gov/about/news.html 2009 April...   Apr 8 2009, 04:39 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Ejected successfully! http://www.spaceflightn...   Apr 8 2009, 05:07 AM
- - lyford   Success! QUOTE News release: 2009-065 ...   Apr 8 2009, 05:13 AM
|- - ustrax   Bring us those brave new worlds Kepler!   Apr 8 2009, 08:44 AM
|- - MahFL   Anyone know how thick the "wire" was and...   Apr 8 2009, 05:31 PM
- - belleraphon1   KEPLER is close to starting its science mission......   Apr 8 2009, 11:50 PM
- - Vultur   According to this Planetary Society blog entry abo...   Apr 9 2009, 02:46 AM
|- - ustrax   It's FULL of stars!!! http://be...   Apr 16 2009, 05:01 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (ustrax @ Apr 16 2009, 05:01 PM) It...   Apr 17 2009, 03:43 PM
- - Decepticon   A reconfirmation of TrES-2 would be nice first bit...   Apr 17 2009, 03:55 PM
|- - tacitus   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Apr 17 2009, 10:55 AM...   Apr 21 2009, 04:31 AM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (tacitus @ Apr 20 2009, 08:31 PM) S...   Apr 21 2009, 06:41 PM
- - remcook   Well, there's a transit every few days, so the...   Apr 17 2009, 06:47 PM
- - Astro0   Just for your amusement... Seems as if Kepler has ...   Apr 17 2009, 10:13 PM
|- - Syrinx   FULL INLINE QUOTE REMOVED - ADMIN Plenty of fail ...   Apr 18 2009, 04:24 AM
- - Decepticon   If TrES 2 Had any moons would that be detectable?   Apr 22 2009, 08:05 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Moons would appear in the transit data if they wer...   Apr 22 2009, 02:54 PM
- - Syrinx   http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/n...m-200...   Apr 25 2009, 08:23 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   In an earlier reply I made to Deception's ques...   Apr 26 2009, 09:44 PM
- - Mongo   I would have thought that the main technique for d...   Apr 26 2009, 09:54 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Again, I really don't know. But my understand...   Apr 26 2009, 10:29 PM
- - Hungry4info   It's very unlikely TrES-2 b has any detectable...   Apr 27 2009, 12:21 AM
- - Mongo   I am sure that you are right, for that reason. An...   Apr 27 2009, 03:47 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   As I mentioned earlier, any moon of Tres-2 would h...   Apr 27 2009, 05:02 PM
- - Mongo   The math looks good to me. Perhaps a more product...   Apr 27 2009, 05:57 PM
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