Monday, April 11, 2016

Reprieve for NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft

CORRECTS SPELLING OF KEPLER - FILE - An undated file artists concept provided by NASA shows the Kepler Spacecraft moving through space. The spacecraft, responsible for detecting thousands of planets beyond our solar system, slipped into emergency mode last week nearly 75 million miles from Earth. Ground controllers managed to stabilize the probe Sunday, April 10, 2016, and NASA announced the good news Monday. (AP Photo/NASA, File)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — To astronomers' relief, NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has won another reprieve.


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