Is Kepler Telescope Still Working 2021. NASA had planned to spend roughly 18 million on Kepler experiments this year. 25 the science instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope went into.
The spacecraft is not dead. On October 30 2018 NASA announced that the Kepler space telescope having run out of fuel and after nine years of service and the discovery of over 2600 exoplanets has been officially retired and will maintain its current safe orbit away from Earth. Hubble is fully operational once again.
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The Kepler Space Telescope May Be Dead But Its Planet-Hunting Mission Continues NASAs Kepler spacecraft has scouted out thousands of potential new planets. Although some feared that the failure of a second reaction wheel would spell the end for Kepler the spacecraft has been revived for a new mission most aptly dubbed K2 NASA. During the nine years of the Kepler mission an incredible array of scientists worked in various fields and research areas extending the legacy of Keplers work into a more diverse modern age. The Kepler Space Telescope May Be Dead But Its Planet-Hunting Mission Continues NASAs Kepler spacecraft has scouted out thousands of potential new planets.