EarthSky News - Sept 11 - Cassini's Final Week at Saturn

September 11 Cassini's Final Week at Saturn by:

Cassini milestones before the final plunge Today's distant flyby of the large moon Titan will slow down the spacecraft enough so that - on Friday - Cassini will make its final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere. NASA ponders Saturn mission legacy NASA looks back on Cassini mission successes at Saturn and contemplates where solar system exploration will go from here. Most detailed color images of Saturn's rings, ever    A finely seen section of Saturn's inner-central B Ring, in natural color. Pluto craft wakes from hibernation today And last week mission scientists filed a flight plan for New Horizons' next flyby - of the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 - in early 2019. It'll be farthest encounter yet between an earthly spacecraft and distant solar system body.

Donate to EarthSky Help us keep presenting your world, and your cosmos, to you.

Watch for the moon and Aldebaran They'll be closest together before dawn Tuesday.

Most detailed color images of Saturn's rings, ever Saturn's rings – acquired by Cassini spacecraft on July 6 – from a distance of 47,000 miles (76,000 km). Image scale about 2 miles (3 km) per pixel. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

by: