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NASA retires Kepler, the 'little spacecraft that could'

Original post made on Nov 4, 2018

After nine years of scanning the stars and discovering thousands of new planets, the Kepler space observatory has run out of fuel and this week was officially shut down by NASA.


Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 1, 2018, 10:35 AM

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Posted by Jon Castor
a resident of Woodside: Woodside Heights
on Nov 4, 2018 at 6:17 pm
Jon Castor is a registered user.

Thanks for sharing this news from Mark and the Mountain View Voice. Kepler truly was a groundbreaking mission!

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