Cassini Sails Into Saturn, Ending 13-Year Expedition

Credit: Saturn: JPL
PASADENA, California—NASA’s Cassini spacecraft soared into Saturn’s atmosphere on Sept. 15, relaying a final round of science measurements before breaking apart like a meteor high above the cloud tops, ending a 13-year exploration of the gas giant and its entourage of moons and rings. Cassini’s last...

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