Earth-hunter telescope prepared for launch
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 18:07
in Astronomy & Space
TITUSVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - NASA unveiled a modest telescope on Friday with a sweeping mission -- to discover if there are any Earth-type planets orbiting distant stars.
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