Page_1 The Search for Other Earths Page_2 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Are We Alone in the Universe? Credit: BBC Click to play Page_3 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 What Is Kepler? Page_4 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Sun Is a Star Credit: NASA/JPL Page_5 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Earth Is a Planet Credit: NASA Page_6 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Our Solar System Page_7 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 What Does Habitable Mean to You? Right temperature Liquid water Air to breathe Light to keep you warm and to see Radiation shield Asteroid protection Page_8 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Goldilocks Zone Page_9 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 We Use Transits to Find Other Earths Credit: Jyri Nrnen, Nordic Optic Telescope Credit: NASA Page_10 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Lets Watch a Transit Click to play Page_11 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Kepler Spacecraft Page_12 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Photometer Lower Housing Upper Housing Primary Mirror Schmidt Corrector Sunshade Focal Plane Array Page_13 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Primary Mirror Page_14 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Light Sensors (CCDs) Page_15 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Liftoff! March 6, 2009 Click to play Page_16 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Target Region in Milky Way Page_17 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Operations Team & Science Team Credit: Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado Page_18 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The First Five Discoveries Page_19 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Transit Light Curves Page_20 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 First Rocky Planet Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry Page_21 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 One Planet, Two Suns Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt Page_22 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 First Earth-sized Planet Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech Page_23 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Sisters? Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech Page_24 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 This Is a Discovery Mission! Credit: ESA, NASA and G. Tinetti (University College London, UK & ESA)