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.
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
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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