Kepler Spacecraft Sets Sights on Earth-like Planets

Wow, that sounds like something I would like to hear about! Let's put the discoveries to work if it ever makes it to the space. :)
 
I wont be surprised if they say there is indeed life on these Earth-like planets.
 
If there be a case of Earthlike planet, Maybe we can move to new "Earth" and live there but who knows some strange creatures, virus ect which we don't know of. Who knows that plant can attack and eat people.

j/k

Catty
 
Tonight the rocket carrying Kepler Space Telescope will be launched at 10:49 p.m.

I am sure it will be showed live on CNN and NASA networks. I can't wait to watch it!

NASA - Kepler
 
cool! If the sky stays clear I should be able to see it from my home. :)

Thanks for sharing this. I love watching launches at night.
 
Babyblue said:
cool! If the sky stays clear I should be able to see it from my home. :)

Thanks for sharing this. I love watching launches at night.
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Do you live near Cape Canavarel? If so, you make me be jealous of u! :D
 
I live south west of the Capes.

So if the skys are clear enough, we can see the flames from the rocket. I have seen it before and see the parts that breaks off etc...

Pretty neat.

I also saw the Challenger, when it exploded.. :(


I can not wait til they start showing pictures they take. I wonder what they will find up there!
 
Babyblue said:
I live south west of the Capes.

So if the skys are clear enough, we can see the flames from the rocket. I have seen it before and see the parts that breaks off etc...

Pretty neat.

I also saw the Challenger, when it exploded.. :(


I can not wait til they start showing pictures they take. I wonder what they will find up there!
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I just checked the weather report in Cape Canaveral. It is going to be a clear night sky tonight so get ready to go out and watch the launch of Delta II rocket! :D

Yea. Bless those six astronauts in the Challenger incident.
 
Cool!!

If a get a clear view of it. I will take some pictures! :D

So you can get a sense of what I can see down here.

:deal:
 
I do wonder if they're other planets that are earth like.

How long will it take for the Kepler to arrive at its destination?
 
Babyblue said:
I do wonder if they're other planets that are earth like.

How long will it take for the Kepler to arrive at its destination?
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Not long.

It will orbit around Earth behind the sun.

It has powerful instruments which will bring alot of data and images from Cygnus starfield which has a high intensity of stars and galaxies.
 
so ur saying that it will orbit around the sun between mars and earths path?
 
Did it make it!

Did not look right when I saw it!


will post back when I check on it.
 
SPACE.com -- Launch Coverage for NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft


It made it to orbit!

The reason why I said it did not look right, because it looked like it was going horizontal before it disappeared. but it seems all well.

0402 GMT (11:02 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 12 minutes, 35 seconds. As the rocket passes out of range from the Antigua tracking station. A data blackout is created until the Delta's signal is acquired via a ground station in Australia about 40 minutes from now.

0400 GMT (11:00 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 10 minutes, 5 seconds. SECO 1 has been confirmed. The second stage's Aerojet-made engine completed its initial burn for the launch. Delta and Kepler have reached orbit.

0359 GMT (10:59 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 9 minutes, 10 seconds. The rocket is 103 miles in altitude, 1,240 miles downrange from the launch pad and traveling at 15,994 mph.

0358 GMT (10:58 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 8 minutes, 5 seconds. About two minutes remain in this burn of the second stage engine to achieve the intended parking orbit.

0357 GMT (10:57 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 7 minutes, 50 seconds. Delta is 99.9 miles in altitude, 955 miles downrange from the launch pad and traveling at 14,899 mph.

0356 GMT (10:56 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 6 minutes, 55 seconds. Delta is 95 miles in altitude, 778 miles downrange from the launch pad and traveling at 14,271 mph.

0356 GMT (10:56 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 6 minutes, 15 seconds. Delta is 89 miles in altitude, 641 miles downrange from the launch pad and traveling at 13,834 mph.

0356 GMT (10:56 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 5 minutes, 55 seconds. The second stage is firing normally as the Delta arcs out over the Atlantic.

0355 GMT (10:55 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 5 minutes, 5 seconds. The rocket's 10-foot-diameter nose cone enclosing the Kepler spacecraft has been jettisoned.

0354 GMT (10:54 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 4 minutes, 58 seconds. The Delta's second stage engine ignition confirmed.

0354 GMT (10:54 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 4 minutes, 41 seconds. MECO. The first stage main engine cutoff has occurred.

0354 GMT (10:54 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 4 minutes, 15 seconds. The vehicle is 62 miles in altitude.

0353 GMT (10:53 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 3 minutes, 30 seconds. The first stage main engine still firing well. The Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne powerplant consumes kerosene fuel and liquid oxygen to produce about 200,000 pounds of thrust.

0353 GMT (10:53 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 3 minutes, 5 seconds. The Delta 2 rocket is 43 miles in altitude and traveling over 6,980 mph.

0352 GMT (10:52 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 2 minutes, 27 seconds. The Delta 2 rocket is 31.3 miles in altitude and traveling over 5,300 mph.

0352 GMT (10:52 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 2 minutes, 15 seconds. The three air-ignited solid rocket boosters have burned out and separated. The rocket is now flying solely on the power generated by the liquid-fueled first stage main engine.

0351 GMT (10:51 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 1 minutes, 40 seconds. The vehicle is 15 nautical miles in altitude, 35.6 miles downrange from the launch pad, traveling at 3,393 mph.

0351 GMT (10:51 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 1 minute, 20 seconds. All six ground-start solid rocket boosters have burned out of propellant and separated from the Delta 2's first stage. A moment before the jettison occurred, the three remaining motors strapped to rocket ignited to continue assisting the rocket's RS-27A main engine on the push to space.

0350 GMT (10:50 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 50 seconds. The rocket has flown through the area of maximum aerodynamic pressure in the lower atmosphere. The vehicle is riding the power of its first stage main engine and six of the strap-on boosters.

0350 GMT (10:50 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 35 seconds. Delta has broken the sound barrier.

0350 GMT (10:50 p.m. EST Fri.)

T+plus 15 seconds. The Delta 2 rocket thundering away from Cape Canaveral for its Friday night flight to space.

0349:57 GMT (10:49:57 p.m. EST Fri.)

LIFTOFF! Liftoff of the Kepler spacecraft, a planet-finder seeking out habitable new worlds in the galaxy.

0349:27 GMT (10:49:27 p.m. EST Fri.)

T-minus 30 seconds. SRB ignitors will be armed at T-minus 11 seconds.

The launch ignition sequence will begin at T-minus 2 seconds when a launch team member triggers the engine start switch. The process begins with ignition of the two vernier thrusters and first stage main engine start. The six ground-lit solid rocket motors then light at T-0 for liftoff.

0348:57 GMT (10:48:57 p.m. EST Fri.)

T-minus 1 minute. All remains "go" for launch.
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gonna check on the pictures..
 
The link I provided will keep you updated on Kepler. Meanwhile. Not sure how long...


:( The pictures did not even turn out. :mad:

We did not have the night setting on.

so sorry Royale.

but I can tell you this. It looked like a fire ball flying through the sky. More horizontal than up. seems to me.

I live about 2 hours South West of the Capes.

As usual you can see a lot on a clear night.
 
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