NASA KEPLER Spacecraft Prepares t' move t' t' Launch Pad NASA's Kepler spacecraft was lifted and attached t' an upper stage booster on Feb. Avast, me proud beauty! 16 at t' Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., me bucko, t' begin preparations for its move t' Launch Complex 17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 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. Well, blow me down! T' spacecraft was built for NASA by Ball Aerospace, ya bilge rat, Boulder, Colo., ya bilge rat, and is scheduled t' launch on March 5 at 10:48 pm EST. Begad! Credit:NASA Digital TV