Yesterday NASA scientists directed the out-of-fuel Cassini spacecraft to vaporize in the Saturn atmosphere. The mission launch was on October 15, 1997. It took seven years to travel to Saturn and for 13 years has been sending back to Earth the most incredible images, videos, and data. Congratulations to the entire Cassini team for a job well done.
All the images below were taken from the NASA TV special.
Cassini image of one of Saturn's moons:
Two more moons are shown below....
Countdown clock for end of mission....
Part of the team....
The display below shows there is still a signal from the spacecraft....
.... and then there was not.
End of mission hug....
Cassini images....
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