Historic Kepler Telescope crippled by malfunction

The spacecraft that has located more planets than any other in history has endured technical failure serious enough to put its current mission of finding another so-called Super-Earth, in jeopardy, experts announced Wednesday. NASA’s Kepler telescope is currently operating without its stabilizing control wheel, which is necessary to point the device in the right direction. … Continue reading Historic Kepler Telescope crippled by malfunction