Kepler Planet-Hunting Visionary Retires After 53 Years at NASA
Friday, July 3, 2015 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Bill Borucki — who came up with the idea for the Kepler Space Telescope in the early 1980s and continued championing the concept through four failed proposals until the mission was finally approved in 2000 — is stepping down from NASA today (July 3).