Officials are uncertain whether a malfunctioning wheel means the end of the Kepler mission, which has helped identify scores of exoplanets orbiting stars in the Milky Way.
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/EwDX24dmPJs/la-sci-nasa-kepler-20130516,0,2624898.story
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/EwDX24dmPJs/la-sci-nasa-kepler-20130516,0,2624898.story
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