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US-SPACE-KEPLER-LAUNCH
This image obtained from NASA shows the launch of a United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Kepler space telescope on March 6, 2009. NASA said on August 15, 2013, it cannot fix its hobbled planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope and is considering what sort of scientific research it might be able to do at half-capacity. "Today, we are reporting we do not believe we can recover three-wheeled operations, or Kepler's original science mission," said Paul Hertz, NASA Astrophysics Division director. "So the Kepler project is turning its attention to studying the possibility of two-wheeled operations," he said, referring to the wheels the craft uses to orientate itself. The unmanned spacecraft launched in 2009 on a search for rocky planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars -- in other words, planets like Earth that might contain life elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: AFP PHOTO / NASA / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
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Cape Canaveral, Florida, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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16 August 2013 |
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