Cassini Spacecraft’s Mission to End With Fiery Descent
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Saying goodbye to a NASA spacecraft that delivered an astonishing payload of science.
The Cassini mission has completely transformed our understanding of Saturn and identified two moons that could potentially harbor life. On Friday morning, the journey will come to a fiery end. We discuss the mission with an Adler Planetarium astronomer.
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Cassini Spacecraft’s Mission to End With Fiery Descent
Clip: 9/14/2017 | 8m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
The Cassini mission has completely transformed our understanding of Saturn and identified two moons that could potentially harbor life. On Friday morning, the journey will come to a fiery end. We discuss the mission with an Adler Planetarium astronomer.
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