Cassini–Huygens (Cassini: Saturn orbiter, Huygens: Titan lander)

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Cassini Launch from Cape Canaveral

Uploaded on Aug 18, 2010


The night-time launch of Cassini on a Titan IVB/Centaur on 15th October 1997.

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Routing Cassini through space to Titan - BBC

Uploaded on Jul 24, 2007


To get enough speed to reach Titan, Cassini would have to use other planets as sling-shots to propel her out into the far reaches of our solar system. Scientists explain how this is done in this fascinating BBC clip.

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Cassini Saturn Arrival

Published on Jun 25, 2014


On June 30, 2004 (PDT), as mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory held their collective breath, the international Cassini-Huygens mission successfully arrived in orbit around Saturn. NASA's Cassini spacecraft delivered the European Space Agency's Huygens probe to Titan in early 2005. Cassini completed its four-year primary mission in 2008 and went on to perform dozens more flybys of Titan, Enceladus and Saturn's other icy moons through its 10th anniversary in 2014. The mission may continue through 2017.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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'Grazing' Saturn's Rings - Cassini spacecraft will get closer than ever

Published on Nov 23, 2016


NASA's Cassini spacecraft will get up close and personal with the planet's outmost F rings during a series of 20 orbits between Nov. 30, 2016 and April 22, 2017. It will give the probe unprecedented views of the moons that orbit near the edge of the rings.

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NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale

Published on Apr 4, 2017


The final chapter in a remarkable mission of exploration and discovery, Cassini's Grand Finale is in many ways like a brand new mission. Twenty-two times, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will dive through the unexplored space between Saturn and its rings. What we learn from these ultra-close passes over the planet could be some of the most exciting revelations ever returned by the long-lived spacecraft. This animated video tells the story of Cassini's final, daring assignment and looks back at what the mission has accomplished.

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ESA Euronews: Journey around Saturn

Published on May 28, 2017


Right now the Cassini spacecraft is flying between the rings of Saturn and the planet itself, a daring trajectory chosen to conclude a unique exploration mission.

To find out what that orbit means, and to look back at some of Cassini-Huygens finest moments, we met up with key members of the science team in the UK for this edition of Space.

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A world unveiled: Cassini at Titan

Published on Aug 11, 2017


Saturn’s giant, hazy moon Titan has been essential to NASA’s Cassini mission during its 13 thrilling years of exploration there. Cassini and the European Huygens probe have revealed a fascinating world of lakes and seas, great swaths of dunes, and a complex atmosphere with weather – with intriguing similarities to Earth. Titan has also been an engine for the mission, providing gravity assists that propelled the spacecraft on its adventures around the ringed planet.

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ScienceCasts: Cassini's Grand Finale

Published on Aug 15, 2017


Cassini is in the process of executing 22 daring ‘Grand Finale’ dives in the 1,200-mile gap between Saturn and its innermost ring, concluding with an epic final plunge into the gas giant’s upper atmosphere.

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Cassini: A Saturn Odyssey

Published on Aug 29, 2017


Team members reflect on what has made the NASA/ESA Cassini mission such an epic journey -- the extraordinary spacecraft, tremendous science and historic international collaboration. This video uses a combination of animation and actual imagery returned over the course of the mission.

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Farewell Cassini - The Planetary Post with Robert Picardo

Published on Aug 31, 2017


Bill Nye celebrates the total solar eclipse of 2017 at Homestead National Monument as part of our partnership with the U.S. National Parks and Picardo has a very special goodbye song for the Cassini Mission.

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Cassini-Huygens: Historical venture

Published on Sep 4, 2017


Cassini-Huygens was launched on 15 October 1997 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.After nearly 13 years in orbit around Saturn, the international Cassini-Huygens mission is going through its final chapter: NASA's Cassini spacecraft is performing a series of daring dives between the planet and its rings, leading to a dramatic final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September.

On 14 January 2005, ESA's Huygens probe, which hitched a ride to the Saturn system attached to Cassini during the seven-year voyage, entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was humanity's first successful attempt to land a probe on another world in the outer Solar System.

Huygens made a 21-day solo cruise toward the haze-shrouded moon. Plunging into Titan's atmosphere, the probe touched down safely on Titan's frozen surface.

Huygens provided a stream of data representing a unique treasure trove of in situ measurements from the planet-sized satellite which scientists are still mining today. This video recalls Huygens 'one of a kind' journey.

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft: A journey's end

Published on Sep 8, 2017


The Cassini mission’s epic 13-year exploration of Saturn is coming to a close. On Sept. 15, the spacecraft will make a planned plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn in order to protect pristine icy moons that warrant future exploration. As the mission nears its end, team members reflect on this historic, international collaboration. The video uses a combination of animation and actual imagery returned over the course of the mission.

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Cassini diving into history

Published on Sep 11, 2017


Following over a decade of ground-breaking discoveries, Cassini is now approaching its mission end.

With little fuel left to correct the NASA's spacecraft trajectory, it has been decided to end the mission by plunging it into Saturn’s atmosphere on 15 September 2017. In the process, Cassini will burn up, satisfying planetary protection requirements to avoid possible contamination of any moons of Saturn that could have conditions suitable for life. These include Saturn’s largest moon Titan and Enceladus, which has a liquid ocean under its icy crust.

The grand finale is not only a spectacular way to complete this extraordinary mission, but will also return a bounty of unique scientific data that was not possible to collect during the previous phases of the mission. Cassini has never ventured into the area between Saturn and its rings before, so the new set of orbits is almost like a whole new mission.

These close orbits will provide the highest resolution observations ever achieved of the inner rings and the planet's clouds. The orbits will also give the chance to examine in situ the material in the rings and plasma environment of Saturn. It will also probe the planet's magnetic field at close distances.

This video explains Cassini 's final operations, what the Cassini-Huygens mission has taught us about Saturn, the potential for life on its moons and the promise of more science to come.

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Cassini Burns into Saturn After Grand Finale

Published on Sep 13, 2017


NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will plunge into Saturn on September 15, incinerating itself after 20 years in space.

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Cassini's fatal crash | Mission Saturn

Published on Sep 13, 2017


A three billion dollar spacecraft is hurtling towards destruction-- but it's no accident.

About Mission Saturn:
NASA’s biggest spacecraft plunges into Saturn in the final act of a 20-year mission showcasing the planet like never before.

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Cassini's "Last Picture Show" of the Saturn System - Highlights

Published on Sep 15, 2017


Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker talks about some of the last ever pictures taken by the NASA-ESA-ISA Cassini probe.

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Cassini Spacecraft 'Loss of Signal' Called at Mission Control

Published on Sep 15, 2017


The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has officially come to end on Sept. 15, 2017. See footage of the loss of signal (LOS) call from mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Cassini’s Grand Finale, 15 September 2017

Published on Sep 15, 2017


The Cassini spacecraft disintegrated into Saturn’s atmosphere on 15 September 2017, at 11:55:46 UTC. The Cassini–Huygens mission was launched on 15 October 1997 to study Saturn in detail. The Cassini spacecraft carried the Huygens probe, which parachuted to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

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Cassini end of mission commentary

Published on Sep 15, 2017


On Sept. 15, NASA's Cassini spacecraft completed its remarkable story of exploration with an intentional plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its mission after nearly 20 years in space. Live commentary of Cassini’s end of mission activities was shown on NASA TV and the agency’s website. Launched in 1997, Cassini arrived in orbit around Saturn in 2004 on a mission to study the giant planet, its rings, moons and magnetosphere

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Goodbye Cassini

Published on Sep 15, 2017


NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn

A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour of the ringed planet.

Cassini's plunge brings to a close a series of 22 weekly "Grand Finale" dives between Saturn and its rings, a feat never before attempted by any spacecraft.

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Cassini’s last images from Saturn

Published on Sep 15, 2017


The last images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft from Saturn: Enceladus setting behind Saturn, Last look at Titan, Saturn’s rings, Saturn’s northern hemisphere, Saturn’s outer A ring and the small moon Daphnis, Saturn’s A ring (all taken on 13 September 2017), Impact Site: Cassini's Final Image and Impact Site: Infrared Image (14 September 2017, spacecraft time).

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NASA Mission Control Live: Cassini’s Finale at Saturn (360 video)

Streamed live Sep 17, 2017


LIVE COVERAGE AT 4 a.m. PT (7 a.m. ET, 1100 UTC): Go behind the scenes in a 360-degree view inside mission control to see as we await the FINAL signal and science data until the very last moment from our Cassini spacecraft. After nearly 20 years in space, NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn is at the end of its remarkable journey of exploration.

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Cassini's Death Dive into Saturn

Published on Sep 15, 2017


NASA's Cassini mission is over, with the spacecraft vaporizing and becoming one with Saturn. What's next for solar system missions?
Kim breaks it down!

"Contact has been lost with the Cassini spacecraft after it completed a "death dive" into the upper atmosphere of Saturn and transmitted its final signal, according to NASA."*

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"Кассини-Гюйгенс — финал 20 лет исследований (https://habr.com/ru/post/406469)" (In Russian)

by Денис Нырков
September 14, 2017

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Planning Cassini’s Grand Finale

Streamed live on Mar 22, 2018


Original air date: March 22 at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET, 0200 UTC)

Mission planning is a core strength of JPL engineering, along with deep space communications and navigation. This talk looks back at the various scenarios and contingency plans the Cassini team made as they steered the spacecraft into unexplored space during its 2017 Grand Finale at Saturn. Sturm discussed how the possible scenarios -- some of which could have been mission-ending -- compared to the mission as it was actually flown, along with some science highlights from the finale.

Erick Sturm, JPL Systems Engineer