These discoveries were made using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft that flew through Saturn’s rings in late 2017

These discoveries were made using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft that flew through Saturn’s rings in late 2017
Head over to mission control to experience the bus-sized spacecraft make its dramatic final dive just after 6:32am (EDT)
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This last gravitational interaction with Titan will send Cassini into Saturn’s upper atmosphere
As the spacecraft approaches its Grand Finale, it is now attempting its closest ever observations of Saturn
As the spacecraft plunges through the gap between the gas giant and its rings, mission members are shocked by the latest finding
The flyby marks the mission’s final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons that spread across the moon’s northern polar region
In orbit around the ringed planet since 2004, the spacecraft is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story
NASA’s spacecraft has sent its first views of the ringed planet’s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission
With the conclusion of the international mission set for September 2017, the spacecraft is poised to begin a thrilling two-part endgame
The spacecraft will join lander Philae on the surface of Comet 67P, bringing its 13 year mission to a close
Brand new images of the pockmarked, icy landscape of Dione mark the spacecraft’s last flyby of the Saturn moon