Kepler Lifts Off!

The spectacular nighttime launch of a Delta II rocket carrying the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft lifted off on time at 10:49 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Kepler's mission: to peer closely at a patch of space for at least three-and-a-half years, looking for rocky planets similar our own. The spacecraft will target an area rich with stars like our sun, watching for a slight dimming in the starlight as planets slip through the space between.

Image Credit: NASA

...já está no espaço!...a nave que vai procurar planetas com características aproximadas à da Terra...
...vinha a calhar!...um encontro imediato...já que estamos numa de mudança...