NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has been on shaky ground for some time now. Originally launched in 2009 for a three-and-a-half year mission, the spacecraft has been given numerous lifelines but is now on its last legs, with its fuel stocks dwindling and its telescope degrading. Mission scientists have placed Kepler into sleep mode in hopes of salvaging what might be its last cache of data, though there are no guarantees.
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