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Bookmark or Share- Kepler / K2 - NASA ScienceThe Kepler space telescope was NASA’s first planet-hunting mission, assigned to search a portion of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-sized planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
- Kepler's legacy: discoveries and more - Science@NASAKepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system, many of which could be promising places for life. During 9.6 years in orbit, Kepler led to the discovery of more than 2,600 planets by observing more than half a million stars.
- Kepler Field of View - NASA ScienceThe Kepler mission will be looking continuously at over 100,000 stars in one region of the sky, in the Cygnus and Lyra constellations. The field of view is extremely large for an astronomical telescope.
- Kepler / K2 In Depth - NASA ScienceNASA's Kepler, the 10th in a series of low-cost, low-development-time and highly focused Discovery-class science missions, was designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in our region of the Milky Way. The spacecraft was named after the famed German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630).
- Overview of Kepler Mission - NASA ScienceOverview of Kepler Mission. February 23, 2009. Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/Kepler Mission: Language: english; Overview of the Kepler mission. Return to top. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
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