SPACE — On October 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore the planet Saturn and a number of its moons. The plane took off on a Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
It took Cassini nearly seven years to reach Saturn. The spacecraft entered orbit around the ringed planet in 2004.
Inside Cassini, the smaller Huygens was a passenger. Huygens landed on Saturn’s moon Titan in 2005.
Meanwhile, Cassini spent 13 years studying the Saturn system up close, and the mission lasted about 20 years. Cassini reached its epic end on September 15, 2017.
Also read: Cassini-Huygens, the most valuable suicide mission between Titan and Saturn
Because it ran out of fuel, NASA chose to direct Cassini directly into Saturn’s atmosphere, where the spacecraft disintegrated. Source: Space.com
2023-10-15 13:02:00
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