Kepler Space Telescope Out Of Emergency Mode, Now Undergoing Health Check

  • 8 years ago
NASA announced on Monday that the Kepler spacecraft is out of emergency mode.

Several days ago, the Kepler Telescope was discovered to have switched into Emergency Mode, the lowest operating level. 

NASA employed a number of efforts to stabilize the powerful space exploration tool and announced on Monday that they were successful.

Data from the Kepler, which is located about 75 million miles from Earth, is in the process of being downlinked and examined. 

Once scientists are sure the telescope is in good health, it will be restored to a fully operational state. 

Kepler’s previous endeavor came to a close on March 23rd, at which time it was switched to rest mode. 

While a routine check on April 4

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