Cassini Spacecraft
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Cassini’s 13-year odyssey comes to end with a fiery plunge into Saturn
Sep 20, 2017, 12:14 PM ISTNASA received a final signal from its Cassini spacecraft on Friday, whose 13-year-old unparalleled journey came to an end with a meteor-link plunge into the Saturn’s crushing atmosphere
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NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burns up over Saturn ending 20-year-long journey
World | Sep 15, 2017, 06:13 PM ISTNASA's $4 billion Cassini spacecraft has burned up in the skies over Saturn as planned, ending a 20-year mission.
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After orbiting Saturn for 13 years, Cassini set for final dive on September 15 in ‘grand finale’
World | Sep 11, 2017, 03:00 PM ISTNASA's robotic spacecraft Cassini that has been orbiting Saturn for 13 years will make its final dive towards the planet on September 15
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See pics! NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures first images of Saturn’s atmosphere from new orbit
World | Dec 09, 2016, 04:54 PM ISTUS space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has sent its first views of the planet’s atmosphere showing scenes from high above the planet's northern hemisphere, including an intriguing hexagon-shaped jet stream. Cassini began its
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft watches dramatic seasonal changes in Saturn's moon Titan's atmosphere
World | Oct 21, 2016, 06:29 PM ISTUS space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has observed some dramatic seasonal changes in atmospheric composition and temperature of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. According to NASA scientists, winter is taking a grip on Titan’s
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NASA’s Cassini spots mysterious ice cloud over Saturn's moon Titan
World | Sep 22, 2016, 04:47 PM ISTIn a revelation that goes contrary the understanding scientists had of the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon so far, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found an outlandish mysterious ice cloud over Titan. "The appearance of
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See Pic! NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures THIS incredible image of Saturn's smallest moon ‘Pan’
World | Sep 20, 2016, 11:00 AM ISTThe planet Saturn has a large number of moons. It has big moons, small moons and uneven potato-shaped moons. The second innermost moon of Saturn is Pan, which is walnut-shaped and very small in
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Video! NASA's Cassini gears up for closest-ever observations of Saturn
World | Sep 16, 2016, 12:11 PM ISTAfter more than 12 years of studying Saturn, its rings and moons, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has entered the final year of its epic voyage. As per NASA report, Cassini is all set to make the
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures bright ‘glow effect’ on Saturn’s B ring (See Pic)
World | Aug 30, 2016, 01:39 PM ISTUS space agency NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured another amazing image which shows a bright effect on the Saturn B ring. The Cassini, which is exploring the planet and its moons, has come up
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VIDEO! NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds flooded canyons on Saturn's moon Titan
World | Aug 11, 2016, 02:18 PM ISTScientists have found that some of the steep-sided canyons on Saturn's largest moon Titan are flooded with liquid hydrocarbons, based on the radar observation by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Such features on Saturn’s largest moon
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NASA finds most accurate position of Saturn, its moons
World | Jan 09, 2015, 12:19 PM ISTWashington: NASA researchers have pinpointed the exact position of Saturn and its family of moons to within about four km - a feat that will improve astronomers' knowledge of Saturn's orbit and benefits spacecraft navigation
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NASA spots mysterious feature on Titan's sea
World | Sep 30, 2014, 05:32 PM ISTWashington: NASA's Cassini spacecraft is closely monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a large hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan.The enigmatic feature, which appears bright in radar images against the dark background of
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Instrument Aboard Cassini Orbiting Saturn Conks Out
World | Jun 16, 2011, 02:54 PM ISTPasadena, California, Jun 16: NASA says an instrument aboard the Cassini spacecraft studying Saturn and its moons is temporarily out of service.The space agency said Wednesday the plasma spectrometer, which measures the energy of electrons