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"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious ...
Cassini spacecraft data has been used to create the infrared views of Saturn's moon Enceladus. "Reddish areas indicate fresh ice," according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Space.com / im ...
Cassini was one of the most remarkable space missions of all time, exploring Saturn and its moons for 13 years before its ...
After a 20-year voyage around Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has completed its mission with a final plunge into the planet's atmosphere. Cassini was the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn giving NASA ...
Just six months after the Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn, its cameras caught something spectacular. It was Jan. 16, 2005, and Cassini was zipping past Enceladus, a bright, tiny moon just 313 ...
Born in Decatur, Alabama, Dr. Mae Jemison would become the first African-American woman in space by flying on the STS-47 mission on September 12, 1992. Geneva's mayor and other city officials said the ...
As Cassini’s tour of Saturn comes to a close, NASA’s getting a bit nostalgic. Yesterday, the space agency released a photo of Saturn’s North pole the doomed spacecraft took on April 26th—the day it ...
The spacecraft is set to plunge to its death in Saturn's atmosphere in April. — -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft is beginning a series of "ring grazing" orbits today to study Saturn's rings and moons ...