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Grand Finale: Cassini in the Gap (Illustration)
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Grand Finale: Cassini in the Gap (Illustration)

Grand Finale: Cassini in the Gap (Illustration)

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WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission's Grand Finale. Cassini made 22 orbits that swooped between the rings and the planet before ending its mission on Sept. 15, 2017, with a final plunge into Saturn. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PI

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A CLOSER LOOK

This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission's Grand Finale. Cassini made 22 orbits that swooped between the rings and the planet before ending its mission on Sept. 15, 2017, with a final plunge into Saturn. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22767

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NASA Image and Video LibraryGrand Finale: Cassini in the Gap (Illustration)

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