Highlights of Cassini’s mission to Saturn, by the numbers | Science News

After 20 years in space, the Cassini spacecraft will spend its last burst of fuel on plunging into Saturn, where it will burn up in the atmosphere. In its years in orbit, Cassini has taught us so much about the planet and its moons. Here are some of the biggest milestones it has achieved along the way.

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Credits:
Story & production
Mike Denison

Video & stills
JPL-Caltech/NASA
Hampton Univ./SSI/JPL-Caltech/NASA
SSI/JPL-Caltech/NASA
Univ. of Arizona/JPL-Caltech/ESA/NASA
Erick Sturm/JPL-Caltech/NASA
USGS/ASI/JPL-Caltech/NASA

Music
“Chance” by Kai Engel
(CC BY 4.0)
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_08_Chance
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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