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    Cassini, the final dive to Saturn

    Cassini will self-destruct in Saturn's atmosphere on Friday, after two decades in space.

    Cassini-Huygens - NASA Science
    https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
    For more than a decade, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shared the wonders of Saturn, its spectacular rings, and its family of icy moons.


    This link will stream the final moments live.

    Rob
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    Re: Cassini, the final dive to Saturn

    15hrs to go. https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/

    It's quite astounding how JPL and ESA got Cassini to fly within 700km of a moon of Saturn so far away, without hitting it, and then collect gases, discover new moons, find new rings. And with a 20-year-old piece of hardware and fuel.

    Oh, and successfully drop the ESA probe Huygens on to Titan as well.

    To even get there, after launch they had to sling the spacecraft around Venus and the Sun a couple of times (it took two years just for it to pass Earth just 700 miles above our heads again!)

    I find it fascinating

    Rob

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      Re: Cassini, the final dive to Saturn

      I will be waiting for the repeats of the final moments. Messenger was hard, as were several other missions I worked. I think I will be playing with my dog for the end of Cassini to keep my mind off of it.

      Hank

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