Sep 21, 2023 · 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 …

Cassini’s finale plunge is a fitting and truly spectacular end for one of the most scientifically rich voyages yet undertaken in our solar system. This end was planned for Cassini in 2010, at the beginning of its …

Four spacecraft have visited the Saturn system, but only Cassini actually orbited the ringed planet. Doing so bought Cassini time – more than a decade – to linger and watch Saturn’s exotic zoo of 80 …

NASA found that even with solar arrays containing the latest high-efficiency solar cells developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) it would not have been possible to conduct the Cassini mission using …

The Cassini orbiter will orbit Saturn for 4 years. The spacecraft’s 12 onboard instruments will collect data about Saturn, the rings, the magnetosphere, Titan, and Saturn’s smaller moons.

Cassini referred to Tethys as one of the four Sidera Lodoicea (Stars of Louis) after King Louis XIV (the other three were Iapetus, Dione and Rhea). Other astronomers called the Saturn moons by number …

On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active …

On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn’s shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its rings — and, in the background, our …

Jun 26, 2019 · During one of Galileo’s extended missions, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft also flew by Jupiter on its way to Saturn. For a few weeks, both spacecraft were observing the giant planet together.

The Cassini mission is a joint effort of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), and Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission is managed for NASA …