Cassini Taking Parting Shots As 13-Year Mission Ends

Credit: Saturn moon Titan: NASA
PASADENA, California—NASA’s Cassini spacecraft collected its final photos of the Saturn system on Sept. 14 as it headed toward a final plunge into the gas giant’s crushing atmosphere, a precautionary move to eliminate the chance of an uncontrolled crash and potential contamination of any potentially...

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