NASA KEPLER Spacecraft Prepares t' move t' t' Launch Pad NASA's Kepler spacecraft be lifted and attached t' an upper stage booster on Feb. Begad! 16 at t' Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, matey, Fla., t' begin preparations for its move t' Launch Complex 17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Avast, me proud beauty! Kepler is designed t' survey more than 100000 stars in our galaxy t' determine t' number o' sun-like stars that have Earth-size and larger planets. T' spacecraft be built for NASA by Ball Aerospace, Boulder, arrr, Colo., and is scheduled t' launch on March 5 at 10:48 pm EST. Credit:NASA Digital TV