Cassini Spacecraft's Last Chapter Ended With a Suicidal Plunge Into Saturn Spacecraft remain the best lens with which humans ...

The Cassini spacecraft was the first probe ever to cross between Saturn and its rings. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Today, Sept. 15, Cassini crashed into Saturn after 13 years spent orbiting ...

Space Cassini's Grand Finale: The spacecraft that unveiled Saturn. From magical rings to loony moons to giant polar hurricanes, in 13 years orbiting Saturn the Cassini probe has exposed many wonders.

NASA says goodbye to Cassini probe, which improved our understanding of Saturn 01:52. Thirteen years after reaching Saturn, NASA's nuclear-powered Cassini spacecraft raced through its 294th and ...

NASA's Cassini probe has orbited Saturn for over a decade. ... After 13 years in orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is about to plunge itself into the planet's atmosphere and disintegrate.

Since 2004, the Cassini space probe has orbited Saturn, collecting photos and data that have revolutionized our understanding of the planet and its moons.

Launched in 1997, Cassini spent seven years traveling through space before inserting itself into Saturn’s orbit in July 2004. And since then, the spacecraft has boasted one major discovery after ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its first dive between Saturn and its rings early Wednesday, as the final act in a nearly 20-year mission. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn for more than 10 years, capturing images of its rings and moons in never-before-seen detail. Since at least 2019, posts on social media have shared a ...

The Cassini spacecraft will die by diving into Saturn's atmosphere after more than a decade exploring the planet. Here's what to know On Sept. 15, Cassini will die by diving into Saturn's atmosphere ...

Cassini’s dramatic finale is also a last chance to squeeze some more insights out of the 20-year-old spacecraft. As it descends into Saturn’s atmosphere, “several of the instruments will be ...

The view was taken in visible light using the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera at a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is about 11 miles (17 kilometers).