NASA's Kepler telescope, whose mission is to detect Earth-sized planets in Earth-like orbits around Sun-like stars in other solar systems, recently removed the dust cover over its CCD camera. Go here for a movie of how this is done. Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
How do you take a lens cap off in space?
Posted by You'd Prefer an Astronaut at 3:51 PM
Labels: extrasolar planets, movies, NASA, public outreach
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