Going Out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini's Grand Finale

Going Out in a Blaze of Glory: Cassini's Grand Finale Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2016 - With the conclusion of the international Cassini mission set for September 15, 2017, the spacecraft is poised to soon begin a thrilling two-part endgame. Cassini will enter the first part of this denouement on November 30, 2016, when the spacecraft begins a series of 20 passes just beyond the outer edge of the main rings. These weekly loops around Saturn are called the F ring orbits, and they se ... more

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