Kepler spacecraft recovered and returned to the K2 Mission

Kepler spacecraft recovered and returned to the K2 Mission Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2016 - The Kepler spacecraft has been recovered and, as of 8:30 a.m. PDT today, it is back on the job as the K2 mission searching for exoplanets - planets beyond our solar system. The team began the process of returning the spacecraft to science late on Tuesday. The process involved a succession of steps over the course of the next two days. The pointing tables and science targets - instructions ... more

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