And if the telescope can’t stay on target, the mission is effectively over.
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NASA’s Kepler Telescope May Have Limited Future After Equipment Failure
The Kepler spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope’s orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday.
NASA: Spacewalk Planned to Fix Space Station Leak
Two astronauts will do a spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system at the International Space Station.
How Should We Deal With Future Near-Earth Asteroids? In the Words of NASA: ‘Pray’
NASA chief Charles Bolden did not have many reassuring words for the U.S. House of Representative Science Committee when he spoke recently about his agency’s efforts to track and mitigate recent threats from space.
NASA’s Astronaut Day of Remembrance
Too many men and woman have died in the effort to explore space—and too many of them are unknown. NASA has set aside a day to honor them all. What follows is a remembrance the Russians and Americans who lost their lives during …
A Room With a View: Scenes From the International Space Station
The world is a decidedly different place from 250 miles up—one too few of us get to see
Ice (and Maybe Organics) on Mercury
New NASA findings reveal that the tiny, fiery world includes some unexpected features
A Mars Announcement ‘for the History Books’? Not So Fast
Big news from Mars may turn out to be more modest than it sounds
Cosmic Old Faithful: Are There Geysers on Mars?
Dramatic images going wide for the first time tell a surprising tale of Martian eruptions
Martian Blizzard! It’s Snowing on the Red Planet
New findings by a venerable NASA orbiter reveal a new dimension to Martian weather systems
