Exploration of Saturn

NASA Spacecraft Survives Dive Through Saturn’s Rings

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An unmanned NASA spacecraft has survived its plunge between the rings of Saturn and, after briefly going dark for the flyby, is communicating again with Earth, the US space agency said Thursday. Cassini skimmed closer than any previous spacecraft to the sixth planet from the Sun, and lived to tell the tale, sending back a … Read more

NASA’s Cassini Probe of Saturn Prepares For Last Plunge

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NASA’s unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from the Sun and its mysterious rings. For what NASA has described as Cassini’s “grand finale” as it runs short on fuel, the spacecraft will soar … Read more