Cassini Completes Inner-Solar System Tour on Way to Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft has flown to within 727 mi. of Earth on its last of three inner-planet flybys aimed at accelerating the scientific probe toward a planned four-year mission at Saturn beginning in 2004. Cassini made its closest approach to Earth at 8:28 p.m. PDT on Aug. 17 at a point above the...
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