showingthin.gs
YOUR NEXT DISCOVERY/SpaceFollow your curiosity
Grand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives (Illustration)
NASA / JPL · Reuse terms

Space / 2018-10-03

Grand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives (Illustration)

Grand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives (Illustration)

NASA's image library records Grand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives (Illustration).

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

This illustration imagines the view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft during one of its final 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.na

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected
FamiliarWeird

A CLOSER LOOK

This illustration imagines the view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft during one of its final 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/PIA22768

Explore NASA's original image record for credits and available downloads.

FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE

NASA Image and Video LibraryGrand Finale: One of Cassini's Last Dives (Illustration)

Original explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.