MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Kepler Space Telescope has started its 3 1/2-year search for Earth-like worlds among more than 100,000 stars.
PASADENA, Calif., April 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Kepler space telescope has obtained "first light" images of the sky where it will soon start looking for Earth-like planets.
PASADENA, Calif., April 8 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency engineers say they have ejected the dust cover from the Kepler space telescope, which is designed to search for worlds similar to Earth.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 6 (UPI) -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft launched Friday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on a mission to find new planets.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said final preparations were under way for the scheduled launch Friday of its Kepler spacecraft.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to its launch pad and soon will begin its search for other worlds that might host life.
GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for extrasolar planets.
PARIS, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A space telescope designed to seek out planets not much bigger than Earth has been launched into space from a location in Kazakhstan.
BEIJING, April 13 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists announced Tuesday they plan to launch their nation's first space solar telescope into orbit sometime between 2006 and 2010.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- NASA plans to launch two missions in 2006 to explore two large asteroids and to search for Earth-like planets using a spaceborne telescope.
