Life on other planets... the idea has fascinated man for ages. The discovery of Earth-like planets with life-sustaining water and air may come one step closer through NASA's Kepler mission. When the Kepler spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a Delta II rocket, it begins a quest in our part of the Milky Way galaxy. The spacecraft will orbit our sun as it focuses on one hundred thousand stars that may be orbited by their own inhabitable planets. From NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, join us now as we focus on this exciting mission and prepare for liftoff_
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