Cassini spacecraft coming to a fiery end on Saturn

By Dave Reneke
September 15 2017 - 3:00pm
THE END IS NIGH: Cassini has given sterling service but after 20 years, it's about to come to a fiery end.
THE END IS NIGH: Cassini has given sterling service but after 20 years, it's about to come to a fiery end.

As I write it’s anticipated. When you read this it’ll probably be fact. The most complex and successful planetary mission of all time, Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft, will have crashed into the giant ringed world Saturn, where Spring lasts for seven years.

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