Friday, April 29, 2016

Mission Manager Update: Kepler recovered and returned to the K2 mission

NASA
The Kepler spacecraft has recovered from a system failure and, as of Friday, April 22, is back on the job as the K2 mission searching for exoplanets — planets beyond our solar system.

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