NASA As it continues to make some of its final flybys of the Saturn system, the Cassini spacecraft hasn’t entirely forgone looking back toward its home planet, Earth. And last week the spacecraft’s camera snapped a shot of Earth and the Moon (visible in a close-cropped view) from a distance of 1.4 billion km away. […]
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NASA prepares the Cassini spacecraft for its daring final Saturn mission
It’s been nearly two decades since the Cassini-Hyugens spacecraft launched from Earth toward Saturn, entering the ringed planet’s orbit on July 1, 2004. The Huygens lander separated on Christmas Day to dive into Saturn’s atmosphere, leaving Cassini to study the Saturn system alone. But now Cassini is running out of fuel and NASA is preparing […]
‘Disturbances’ in Saturn’s rings snapped by Cassini (PHOTO)
Published time: 2 Apr, 2017 16:29 The Cassini space probe, which has been studying Saturn since 2004, has snapped a stunning photo of “disturbances” in the gas giant’s rings in much higher resolution than ever before. The unmanned spacecraft captured the image from a distance of nearly 70,000 miles (111,340 kilometers) as it cruised past […]
