A mid-infrared mosaic image from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, offers new information…
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NASA’S Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
Kepler confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size…
Kepler Mission Manager Update, Jan. 07, 2011
The Kepler Project Team successfully returned the spacecraft to normal operations on Jan. 6, 2011.
NASA Hosting Web Chat about the Quest for New Planets
NASA invites the public to join an online chat with a Kepler Mission team member who…
NASA Airborne Observatory’s Past Unearthed
Fifteen years after its final flight, veterans of the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, or KAO, gathered at…
Kepler Mission Manager Update, Dec. 30, 2010
In response to the Dec. 22, 2010 Safe Mode event on the Kepler spacecraft, the mission…
2010 Highlights: Kepler Searches, SOFIA Soars
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The first planetary discoveries by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, the "First Light"…
Ames Hosts Planet-Finding Tweetup
NASA will give 100 of its Twitter followers an insider look at its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft…
Kepler Mission Manager Update, Dec. 22, 2010
On Dec. 22, 2010, Kepler experienced a safe mode event.
NASA Selects United Negro College Fund to Help Build Science Careers
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has selected the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp. of…