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- Cassini Raw Images - NASA Solar System Exploration
This gallery contains the full record of the Cassini spacecraft’s raw images taken from Feb 20, 2004 to Cassini’s end of mission on Sept 15, 2017 The archive will remain available to all as a historical record
- Cassini - NASA Solar System Exploration
Cassini's 12 science instruments were designed to carry out sophisticated scientific studies of Saturn, from collecting data in multiple regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, to studying dust particles, to characterizing Saturn's plasma environment and magnetosphere
- Saturn Surprises As Cassini Continues its Grand Finale
Cassini is now in the 15th of 22 weekly orbits that pass through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings The spacecraft began its finale on April 26 and will continue its dives until Sept 15, when it will make a mission-ending plunge into Saturn's atmosphere
- NASA Fact Sheet Spacecraft Power for Cassini - NASA Solar System . . .
Spacecraft Power for Cassini Cassini’s electrical power source — Radio-isotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) — have provided electrical power for some of the U S space program’s greatest suc-cesses, including the Apollo lunar landings and the Viking landers that searched for life on Mars RTGs made possible NASA’s
- Cassini: End of Mission - NASA Solar System Exploration
After two decades in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is nearing the end of its remarkable journey of exploration Having expended almost every bit of the rocket propellant it carried to Saturn, operators are deliberately plunging Cassini into the planet to ensure Saturn’s moons will remain pristine for future exploration
- Cassini - NASA Solar System Exploration
After almost 20 years in space and 13 years revealing the wonders of Saturn, NASA’s Cassini’s orbiter was running out of fuel As a final act, Cassini began a whole new mission—a Grand Finale—its journey into the unknown that would end with a spectacular plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn
- Cassini–Huygens Spacecraft - NASA Solar System Exploration
The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft stands 6 8 meters (22 3 feet) tall and has a dry mass (no propellant in the tanks) of 2,523 kilo- grams (5,520 pounds), including the Huygens probe
- Closest Northern Views of Saturns Moon Enceladus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun returning its best-ever views of the northern extremes of Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus The spacecraft obtained the images during its Oct 14 flyby, passing 1,142 miles (1,839 kilometers) above the moon's surface
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