Cassini Spacecraft's 20-Year Mission Ends With A Fiery Explosion Into Saturn

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Saturn captured from 20 degrees above the ring plane (Photo Credit: NASA/JPL)

On September 15, 2017, Cassini’s 19 year, 11 month, 0 day, 3 hour, 12 minute and 46 second long mission ended with a plunge into Saturn, the planet it had been orbiting for 13 years. The fiery demise was not accidental, but the result of a well-orchestrated plan to ensure that the spacecraft, which was running out of rocket propellant, would not crash and pollute Saturn’s pristine moons.

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  • awesome dude7년 이상
    not cool but sad
    • spiders2
      spiders27년 이상
      Cool
      • science kid7년 이상
        the water idea i think is cool but the water would freeze up because the tempature in space can drop to like -8000000000 celcius its crazy and when water freezes it losses all the oxegen in it and there is not enough water on earth to fill its atmesphere with oxegen that and i dont think saturn even has a feild that keeps gasses and chemicals in it so even if the oxegen made it there it would just fly away and get burnt up by a star but... i still think thats a good idea.
        • makesaturnlive7년 이상
          what if they were to put some water on one it has oxigen so we might be able to make satern livable
          • ajg16
            ajg167년 이상
            So we littered on saturn? (Also wow they discovered alot!)
            • OuterDream7년 이상
              AWSOEM!!! I LUV SPACE
              • bacon_bitzz
                bacon_bitzz7년 이상
                Whoa!!!so cool!!!!
                • ufo7년 이상
                  cool!
                  • <unnamed>7년 이상
                    Make a cassini 2!
                    • NUNUVYORBIZNIS7년 이상
                      Do it again!!! Big Fan!

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