Kepler Mission Webcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIGL7Ygb9p0

Video produced by the NASA Direct Studio at Kennedy Space Center. Youtube/KSCVideos has all the NASA Direct content as well as lots of space related subjects created by Kennedy Space Center Public Affairs, all free no ads.
Enjoy

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Thanks for the direct link, KSC! Hope you guys have some robust servers...lots of interest in this launch!

Anybody know when the live feed starts?

8h30...I'm just following the kids questions...a great way for me to learn...lol

quick quick 5 min bye

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

8:30 p.m. - Kepler Mission Launch Coverage (launch is scheduled for 10:49 p.m ET.) - KSC (All Channels)

EDIT: Yawn! I missed the fact that launch is 2 hours away. Time for dinner.

10 seconds!

All good! Bye-bye!

Wheee!
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Solid separation
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A beauty!!!
Nw let's look at all those brave new worlds!

So far, so good. 20 min or so till reacquisition & the second burn.

Positive confirmation spacecraft separation!

Yeah!!!! Now, let's hear from the spacecraft...

"time for the Kepler team to get to work"

Have we found any planets yet?

Yup, it's even Earth-like! Just look down!

Spacecraft acquired by Goldstone; initial read of telemetry indicates "all is well".

Couldn't get online at launch time so missed it... sigh... glad it all went well tho :-)