Happy Birthday, Kepler! NASA Planet Hunter Marks 6 Years in Space
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 07:46
in Astronomy & Space
The $600 million Kepler mission launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 6, 2009. After a two-month commissioning phase, Kepler began searching for exoplanets — and began etching its name into the history books.