The new spacecraft of NASA’s Kepler is now introduced that will help them to search for other planets like Earth. The mission was started on March 6 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. and will end in about 3.5 years. Kepler searched more than 100,000 stars for finding a planet like Earth. Kepler has all the abilities to search the stars of every size small or big from the distances where the temperature for possible lakes and oceans are right.
“Now the fun begins,” said William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. “We are all really excited to start sorting through the data and discovering the planets.”
For the last two months, the scientists and engineers at NASA are checking out the working of Kepler spacecraft. They collect all the important data on the performance and noise level of Kepler spacecraft with the help of measurement electronics. They then prepare a list noting everything about the spacecraft. This information is loaded onto the spacecraft in order to avoid any hurdle in the space.
“If Kepler got into a staring contest, it would win,” said James Fanson, Kepler project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. “The spacecraft is ready to stare intently at the same stars for several years so that it can precisely measure the slightest changes in their brightness caused by planets.” Brightness of stars help Kepler looking for the planet they are looking for – the light is blocked partially when the orbit crosses the stars.
Scientists first mission is to find gal planets that are somewhere close to the stars. The result of this mission will be announced as early as next year.
Kepler is the spacecraft use by NASA for conducting their discovery missions. Most of the investigators of this mission belong to NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The investigators are also responsible for the development of the ground system, mission operation and science data analysis. The whole Kepler mission is managed by JPL. Developing fight mission and supporting the entire mission operations are in the hands of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Of Boulder, Colo.
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