4 Months Ago, Space Fellowship says (in Kepler Mission Manager Update) Kepler experienced a safe mode event on Nov. 18, 2009. A safe mode is a self-protective measure that the spacecraft takes when something unexpected occurs. ...

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12 Months Ago, China Daily says (in NASA's Kepler captures first views of planet-hunting sky) WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth, NASA said Thursday.