On September 15, NASA’s 20-year Cassini mission at Saturn came to an end. Last week, the team released a new composite image from 42 photos the spacecraft took.
NASA’s 20-year Cassini mission ended in September, when the probe plunged into Saturn.
The spacecraft sent back a remarkable last batch of images during its grand finale.
A new composite image shows a stunning view of Saturn as a final farewell to the planet.
On September 15, NASA’s 20-year, $3.26 billion Cassini mission at Saturn came to an end.
The Cassini probe launched in 1997 and orbited Saturn for 13 years, taking images of the planet and its moons and sending troves of data back for scientists to analyze.
Before the spacecraft ran out of fuel, NASA scientists chose to kill the probe by sending it hurtling into Saturn to avoid the possibility of it crashing into one of Saturn’s potentially life-fostering moons.
Before that grand finale, Cassini sent back one last batch of images.
Tech: NASA released a remarkable ‘mosaic’ image of Saturn as a farewell to its $3.26 billion Cassini mission
