Kepler Spacecraft Passes Thermal Vacuum Test
NASA’s Kepler planet-finding mission has successfully completed thermal-vacuum testing in preparation for its launch next year, NASA announced Sept. 23. The test took place at manufacturer Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.’s facility in Boulder, Colo. The spacecraft functioned “extremely well,”...
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