Cassini’s Grand Finale — Five Top Findings From 5-Billion-Mile Mission

Cassini's Grand Finale

A journey of nearly two decades and almost 5 billion miles will come to a dramatic end next Friday. Cold, alone, and very far from home, the Cassini orbiter will take a long last look at the pale blue dot whence it sprang and finish its 294th and final orbit of Saturn by nosing over and dropping through the gas giant’s atmosphere in one final, fatal contribution to mankind’s understanding of the planetary system in which we live.

As part of the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted jointly by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Cassini orbiter made several groundbreaking discoveries since its mission began when it left Earth atop a Titan IV rocket on October 15, 1997. Following are five of the craft’s more notable findings.

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