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Exoplanet Exploration Program
The Kepler spacecraft has entered safe mode due to a problem with one of its reaction wheels.


A briefing of exoplanet research supported by NASA, NSF, and privately, was presented to US House of Representatives Subcommittees on Space and on Research. Testimony and a video of the Hearing are available.

The Program Scientist for NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program has announced the memberships of the Science and Technology Definition Teams (STDTs) for probe-scale direct detection exoplanet missions using an internal coronagraph or an external occulter.

NASA has selected five planet hunters to receive the 2013 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships. The fellowship, named for the late astronomer, was created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possib

NExScI Executive Director Charles Beichman talks about exoplanets with KPCC's David Lazarus.

The Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters has prepared a Strategic Implementation Plan to describe the activities currently being undertaken in response to the decadal survey recommendations within the current budgetary constraints.

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