After 13 extraordinary years around Saturn, Cassini captured its final images before diving into the planet’s atmosphere, transmitting science until it lost control, went silent and burned up.
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Sept. 15, 2017, Cassini's grand finale
After over 7,000 days in space, the Cassini mission ended on Sept. 15, 2017. Since its Oct. 15, 1997 launch, the spacecraft ...
NASA’s Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that greatly expanded knowledge about the gas giant. While ...
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