The Kepler Space Telescope, named for astronomer Johannes Kepler, was NASA's first exoplanet hunting telescope. It launched on March 6, 2009, with the goal of observing more than 100,000 stars in ...

Press Release NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope’s ‘Eye Surgery’ Operation by SpaceRef May 15, 2013 ...

They are picking the telescope apart, piece by piece. They’re specifically looking for motors, and gearboxes - parts they can’t just buy off the internet.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Corning Inc. has donated $1.8 million in high-tech components for a telescope a private group wants to launch into space. The not-for-profit BoldlyGo Institute wants to put ...