News The Planetary Post – Farewell Kepler

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In March 2009, the Kepler spacecraft was launched. Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler, Kepler was designed as a three-year mission to explore...

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[Santaman]

Lasted quite a bit longer than designed and found a lot of interesting things.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

well, for the moment good old Hubble will have to do, and in 3 years the James Webb Telescope will take over for both (unless it needs glasses, too, like Hubble )

 

[publiusr]

That won't be the case. Webb was never a modified KH-11