Overview | The Grand Finale – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBIn April 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft began writing the final, thrilling chapter of its remarkable 20-year-long story of exploration: its Grand Finale. Every week, Cassini dived through the approximately 1,200-mile-wide (2,000 …
Cassini: The Grand Finale - NASA Science
WEBIn April 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft began writing the final, thrilling chapter of its remarkable 20-year-long story of exploration: its Grand Finale. Every week, Cassini dived through the approximately 1,200-mile-wide (2,000 …
NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale - YouTube
WEBApr 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.
Cassini's Grand Finale | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBApr 4, 2017 · Cassini's Grand Finale is a brand new adventure. Twenty-two dives through the space between Saturn and its rings. As it repeatedly braves this unexplored region, Cassini seeks new insights about the origins of the rings, and the nature of the planet's interior -- closer to Saturn than ever before.
Grand Finale | The Journey – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBCassini’s final 22 orbits carried the spacecraft on an elliptical path, diving at tens of thousands of miles per hour through the 1,500-mile-wide (2,400-kilometer-wide) space between the rings and the planet, where no spacecraft has explored before.
Cassini - The Grand Finale – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBOct 1, 2024 · During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane.
Cassini’s Final Moments - Science@NASA
WEBJul 10, 2017 · Cassini’s Grand Finale On the final orbit, Cassini will plunge into Saturn fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth as it transmits its farewell. In the skies of Saturn, the journey ends, as Cassini becomes part of the planet itself.
NASA’s Cassini Mission Prepares for ‘Grand Finale’ at Saturn
WEBApr 4, 2017 · Cassini will transition to its grand finale orbits, with a last close flyby of Saturn’s giant moon Titan, on Saturday, April 22. As it has many times over the course of the mission, Titan’s gravity will bend Cassini’s flight path.
Cassini's Saturn Crash 2017: 'Grand Finale' at the Ringed Planet
WEBSep 15, 2017 · Cassini's Grand Finale Is Saving the Best Saturn Science for Last: As Cassini wraps up its 13-year mission in Saturn's system, scientists are preparing for the spacecraft's final burst of...
What's Next | The Grand Finale – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBOct 1, 2024 · During NASA's Cassini mission's final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane.