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NASA planet-hunter Kepler shut down with 'goodnight' command
short by Mahi Chauhan / on Saturday, 17 November, 2018
NASA on Thursday sent the final set of commands to its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope to disconnect its communications with Earth. The 'goodnight' commands coincided with the death anniversary of German astronomer Johannes Kepler who discovered the laws of planetary motion and after whom the telescope had been named. Kepler was retired last month after it ran out of fuel.
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