Saturn’s shadow sweeps across the rings in a view captured on November 5, 2006 by…
Browsing: Cassini-Huygens Mission
The Cassini-Huygens mission was a collaborative NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and ASI (Italian Space Agency) project that studied Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons. Launched on October 15, 1997, Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft that orbited Saturn from July 2004 until September 2017, providing a wealth of data that transformed our understanding of the ringed planet, its moons, magnetic environment, and the entire Saturnian system. The spacecraft was equipped to carry out detailed studies of Saturn’s atmosphere, the composition and behavior of its rings, and the geology and composition of its moons.
Cassini captured this striking view of Saturn’s moon Dione on July 23, 2012. Dione is…
In this image, NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft sees Saturn and its rings through a haze of…
This view of Saturn looks toward the planet’s night side, lit by sunlight reflected from…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings and the tiny moon Pandora in this view…
In this view, Saturn’s icy moon Rhea passes in front of Titan as seen by…
Saturn’s moon Titan may be nearly a billion miles away from Earth, but a recently…
In this view, individual layers of haze can be distinguished in the upper atmosphere of…
Saturn’s rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus drifts before the rings, which glow brightly in the sunlight. Beneath its…
This image is from Cassini spacecraft’s final observation of Saturn’s icy moon Rhea (949 miles…
New research shows that the recently reported unexpected behavior on Saturn’s largest moon Titan is…
A new study by European and U.S. researchers shows that heat from friction could power…
As the Cassini Spacecraft hurtled toward its fatal encounter with Saturn, the spacecraft turned to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-UPAzrMzM Planetary missions including Galileo, Cassini and Juno, and a number of spacecraft that orbit…
Astronomers continue to study Cassini data on Saturn, providing us with images like this one…
This view from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s graceful lanes of orbiting ice (rings) winding…
NASA researchers have found evidence of a toxic hybrid ice in a wispy cloud high…