Video: Kepler's space telescope is about to run out of fuel

The space telescope helps detect 2,245 extrasolar planets and 2342 other unconfirmed celestial objects that are running out of fuel and may only be active for several months before turning off completely.

Kepler spacecraft.

The Kepler spacecraft has entered history as one of the most amazing astronomical devices ever used to scan the Solar System.

Currently, Kepler is flying in Earth orbit at a distance of 151 million km, too far to launch another spacecraft to refuel.

The NASA team is trying to gather as much information as possible from Kepler over the next few months and make sure the ship transmits all data to Earth.

When the ship ran out of fuel, Kepler operators could not activate the ship's propulsion and set the train direction to transmit data. Kepler will stop working soon, but astronomers will study data from ships for years to come.