  The Kepler Mission is a Discovery mission supported by NASA's Science Mission
Directorate, and its primary aim is to discover Earth-sized planets in the
habitable zone of solar-type stars. The space telescope was designed with a
photometer that monitors the Kepler field in a near continuous manner in order
to achieve this goal. With this mission, the asteroseismology community also
benefits from the Kepler data via the abundant time-series photometry. With a
short cadence of 1 minute and long cadence of 30 minute observations, the time
coverage for many variable stars is unprecedentedly complete. The Kepler field
also contains the archetype RR Lyr, and the Kepler Asteroseismic Science
Consortium (KASC) Working Group for RR Lyrae stars have been working to uncover
the mysteries surrounding these stars. I will provide an overview of the Kepler
program in relation to RR Lyrae research.
