April 07, 2009
The dust cover on NASA's Kepler spacecraft is scheduled to be ejected tonight, no earlier than 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, with a backup opportunity tomorrow evening.
For an animation showing the cover being removed, go to http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/videos/cover.html
For a Kepler Mission Manager Update on this upcoming event, go to http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20090407.html