--- description: NASA scientists have fixed one of its spacecrafts after it went into emergency mode, the first "anomalous" event of its kind in seven years. title: NASA’s Kepler Fixed After Going Into Emergency Mode In Space image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4aed0a73a9636ce1/69888e830b72e324056e8e5d/nasa-kepler-spacecraft-deep-space.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft Fixed After Going Into Emergency Mode in Deep Space  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:29 AM CUTPublished: Apr 11, 2016 2:32 PM CUT  NASA  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:29 AM CUTPublished: Apr 11, 2016 2:32 PM CUT NASA scientists have [repaired](http://www.nasa.gov/feature/mission-manager-update-kepler-recovered-from-emergency-and-stable "undefined") one of its spacecrafts after it [went into emergency mode](http://www.nasa.gov/feature/mission-manager-update-kepler-spacecraft-in-emergency-mode "undefined"), the first “anomalous” event of its kind in its seven years in space. The space agency said its Kepler spacecraft last week kicked into emergency mode. Long-distance efforts on Earth to fix it from nearly 75 million miles away had been slow, mission manager Charlie Sobeck said in a statement, but engineers successfully recovered it Sunday when it reached a stable state. The space telescope was launched in 2009 to survey a portion of the Milky Way galaxy in search planets outside Earth’s solar system. Since then, Kepler has detected nearly [5,000 exoplanets](http://time.com/3641539/nasa-kepler-planet/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") orbiting stars beyond the Sun, as well as [two supernovae](http://time.com/4269247/star-exploding-video-gif/ "undefined"), NASA says. **Read More:** [_This Is How NASA Fixed a Telescope Currently in Orbit_](http://time.com/3643896/kepler-planets-repair/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") The spacecraft was in “good health” and operating well during NASA’s last regular contact with it on April 4, Sobeck said. 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