Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Cassini prepares for dramatic climax to its mission

Image of Saturn shot with Cassini's wide-angle camera on Mar. 7, 2015

NASA's Cassini spacecraft recently completed the second of five planned burns designed to maneuver the spacecraft out of Saturn's ring plane, and into a polar orbit. The move is being made in preparation for the final phase of Cassini's mission, which will see the spacecraft perform a series of daring orbits, maximizing the probe's scientific output prior to the mission's termination.

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