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On Friday, NASA is set to launch a giant telescope called Kepler into outer space. Kepler will orbit the sun and sweep it’s camcorder-like lens across the Milky Way, looking for planets like Earth, that can sustain life.
For NASA, one earth isn’t enough. On Friday, the agency is set to launch a giant telescope called Kepler into outer space. Kepler will orbit the sun and sweep it’s camcorder-like lens across the Milky Way, looking for planets like Earth, that can sustain life. Here to tell us more is William Borucki, the principal science investigator for the Kepler Mission. For NASA, one earth isn’t enough. On Friday, the agency is set to launch a giant telescope called Kepler into outer space. Kepler will orbit the sun and sweep it’s camcorder-like lens across the Milky Way, looking for planets like Earth, that can sustain life. Here to tell us more is William Borucki, the principal science investigator for the Kepler Mission.