Kepler Spacecraft Disabled

In 2009, NASA sent a spacecraft called Kepler which it's primary goal was "...to determine the frequency of Earth-like planets that orbit stars similar to our sun in one selected area of the Milky Way, and by extension throughout the universe." In a few years Kepler detected 135 planets and more tan 3,500 candidate planets. No planets that have all the "habitable" resources we need have been discovered yet, and Kepler was the closest we had to discovering one. However, in May of 2013, Kepler stopped working properly and since that day NASA has been trying to fix it but has been unsuccessful in completing the mission. There is no way Kepler will be able to fulfill its determined purpose again but NASA is now trying to figure out if there is another way Kepler and the telescope could be used for research. Many other uses for Kepler have been proposed since the problem was first identified. Some other purposes include studying asteroids, comets, supernovae and some large planets in our galaxy.
William Borucki, Kepler's science principal investigator said "While the mission to collected information about planets that orbit a small slice of the Milky Way will now end, analysis of the data collected so far will go on for three or four years, and great results are anticipated." He also said how the Kepler investigation isn't over yet, and how they are expecting great and exciting new discoveries in the following years to come.
NASA giving up trying to fix Kepler will provide a new opportunity for more scientific discoveries since NASA is currently building TESS or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TESS is planned to be launched in 2017.

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-kepler-nasa-science-nation-space-exoplanets/