Cassini in successful flyby of Earth
The Cassini spacecraft, launched two years ago, swung by Earth Aug. 18 in slingshot maneuver that puts it on course to arrive at Saturn in 2004. The $1 billion spacecraft came within about 727 miles of Earth as planned at about 8:28 p.m. PDT, passing over the South Pacific. "Everything worked just...
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