Kepler Space Telescope
NASA's first planet-hunting mission, assigned to search the Milky Way for Earth-sized planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. Over nine years, it showed that our galaxy contains billions of exoplanets, many potentially habitable.
Identity
- Name
- Kepler Space Telescope
- Slug
- kepler-space-telescope
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- NASA's first planet-hunting mission, assigned to search the Milky Way for Earth-sized planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. Over nine years, it showed that our galaxy contains billions of exoplanets, many potentially habitable.
- End Date
- 2018-10-30
- Outcome
- Successful. Discovered over 2,600 confirmed exoplanets and proved that planets are everywhere in our galaxy.
- Program
- Discovery Program
- Start Date
- 2009-03-07
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/kepler/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 4/26/2026, 2:16:51 PM
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- Updated Time
- 4/26/2026, 2:16:51 PM
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- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Lead Agency