UM-Bot Posted April 26, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The dangerous nature of the maneuver has resulted in NASA temporarily losing contact with the spacecraft. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/306956/cassini-begins-dive-between-saturns-rings 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted April 26, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Can't wait to see what is found. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted April 26, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 26, 2017 "that we'll attempt to boldly cross 22 times" Eighth air force B-17 crews in 1942 had better odds of making it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted April 26, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2017 The Google Doodle is a gif of Cassini flying by Saturn. Check it out https://www.google.com/#spf=1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted April 26, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 26, 2017 31 minutes ago, Merc14 said: The Google Doodle is a gif of Cassini flying by Saturn. And it takes a selfie! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted April 26, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, acute said: And it takes a selfie! That's the cutest part, IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted April 27, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 27, 2017 15 hours ago, Merc14 said: The Google Doodle is a gif of Cassini flying by Saturn. It's disappeared now, so I've put a link to the Doodle page..... https://www.google.com/doodles/cassini-spacecraft-dives-between-saturn-and-its-rings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted April 27, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Cassini has made it through its first close approach and beamed back a ton of new observations. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/27/525855868/cassini-craft-beams-closest-images-ever-taken-of-saturn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted April 27, 2017 #9 Share Posted April 27, 2017 this is wonderful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted April 27, 2017 #10 Share Posted April 27, 2017 28 minutes ago, Merc14 said: Cassini has made it through its first close approach and beamed back a ton of new observations. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/27/525855868/cassini-craft-beams-closest-images-ever-taken-of-saturn That's awesome! Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted April 27, 2017 #11 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Is this piece, I wonder, from someone who doesn't really know a great deal about astronomy, do you reckon? Quote Despite protests around the world, the Cassini space probe—containing more deadly plutonium than had ever been used on a space device—was launched 20 years ago. And this past weekend—on Earth Day—the probe and its plutonium were sent crashing into Saturn. I very much doubt that Saturn would notice, even if it had, which, I'm glad to see, it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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