Cassini executes 90-minute burn to set up Venus gravity assist
The U.S./European Cassini Saturn probe fired its on-board rocket engine for 90 minutes yesterday, setting up the spacecraft for a June gravity assist from Venus that will send it careening toward its final destination. According to a status report issued by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, one of...
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