Cassini lives on!
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings.
As Cassini closes in on its end on 15 September, scientists are starting to risk increasingly dangerous manoeuvers to collect once in a lifetime science.
This wonderful robot was directed to dive through this gap of just 2000 kilometres, actually skimming through Saturn's upper atmosphere where atmospheric pressure was 1 bar - equivalent to Earth's at sea level.
It will be amazing to see what they've collected.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings.
As Cassini closes in on its end on 15 September, scientists are starting to risk increasingly dangerous manoeuvers to collect once in a lifetime science.
This wonderful robot was directed to dive through this gap of just 2000 kilometres, actually skimming through Saturn's upper atmosphere where atmospheric pressure was 1 bar - equivalent to Earth's at sea level.
It will be amazing to see what they've collected.
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