Cassini: looking Saturn in the eye (October 11, 2006)
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The Earth As Seen From
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Cassini-Huygens Last Dives (Illustration).
NASA/ESA/JPL.
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sometimes you think about cassini-huygens and starts contemplating what it may have thought in its last moments
was it afraid? how hard did it fight to send every last bit of information it could? how excruciating was the heat?
did it enjoy the winds in its last seconds?
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The Final Images We Will Ever See of Saturn Stunned Me | Cassini Supercut
Incredible photos.
Images like this should be on the front pages! A crime for people not to know what is up there, what we have *flown by and photographed* in our solar system.
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Clearest images ever taken of Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's moon Iapetus.
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The equatorial ridge is the tallest mountain feature on Saturn's moon Iapetus.
It is 20 km (12 mi) high and is the third tallest mountain structure in the Solar System.
It runs along most of Iapetus' equator. It was discovered by the Cassini probe on 31 December 2004.
Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.
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An experimental costume for Almaz 🪐
My inspiration was the Cassini-Huygens satellite
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Giant Storms and High Clouds| Jpl Nasa
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Cassini & Huygens
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Cassini and Huygens are now on the workshop!!
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It's September 1st. On this day in 1979, NASA's Pioneer 11 became the first satellite to visit 🪐 Saturn up close as it approached to within 21,000 kilometers of the planet's cloud tops. Instruments sent back a treasure trove of scientific data concerning the magnetic fields, atmospheres, and surfaces of the planet and some of its moons, along with data on interplanetary dust particles, cosmic rays, and solar wind properties. And of course Pioneer 11 sent back many awe-inspiring images. Science operations and daily telemetry ceased on 30 September 1995 when the spacecraft used up the last of its power.
Since Pioneer 11's rendezvous with Saturn, three other satellites have made the trip. NASA's twin Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft performed flybys in 1980 and 1981. The international Cassini mission arrived in orbit in 2004 and stayed for 13 years before spectacularly plunging into the planet in September 2017. Cassini also carried the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe, which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005.
Meanwhile, unless it's collided with another celestial object, Pioneer 11 is still trekking its way out of the Solar System. If aliens capture it, they'll find a plaque depicting a man, a woman, and the location of the sun and earth in the galaxy. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet
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Cassini: Saturn's spectacular and disorienting maze of lines and its small, icy moon Mimas (October 15, 2004)
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The Veil Nebula in high definition from Hubble
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im sorry what???
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Venture into the unknown with SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 50, as we embark on an interplanetary adventure that transcends the boundaries of our earthly skies. NASA confirms its bold mission to dispatch a pioneering rotocopter to the enigmatic Saturnian moon, Titan. The Dragonfly mission is set to soar through Titan's dense atmosphere, exploring its organically rich landscapes in search of prebiotic chemical processes that mirror the early Earth. With a launch date set for July 2028 and a budget of $3.35 billion, Dragonfly promises to revolutionize our understanding of this distant, methane-drenched world.
As we bid a heartfelt farewell to the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, we celebrate its unprecedented achievements on the Red Planet. Despite a hard landing ending its aerial escapades, Ingenuity's legacy endures as it transitions to a stationary science platform, continuing to collect invaluable data for future Martian exploration.
Amidst escalating global tensions, South Korea asserts its space prowess with the launch of a new spy satellite, keeping a vigilant eye on its northern neighbor. This strategic move marks a significant step in the intensifying space race on the Korean Peninsula, as nations jockey for celestial dominance and surveillance capabilities.
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New (Named) Crater on Saturn's Moon Titan!
Ihi Crater
The crater has been there for a while, but an official name has just been adopted on March 21, 2024 by the IAU. The crater is named Ihi, after a Tahitian goddess of wisdom and learning
The crater is located between -7.40° to -8.29° latitude and 164.75° and 165.46° longitude on the moon's surface
Image: Source
The images above were recovered from the Cassini RADAR images taken of the spot on April 30, 2006 (T13-S01). This was done via pydar—a Python tool I help develop
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