Kepler Planet Finder Almost Ready To Begin Search

NASA’s Kepler planet finding observatory passed one of its key setup milestones April 7 by ejecting the oval-shaped dust cover that protected its huge photometer from contamination before and after launch. Mission control at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, Colo., will...

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