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.