Cassini gears up for final fatal plunge into Saturn

• Autores: Andy Coghlan
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3071, 2016, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The countdown has begun. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spent more than a decade orbiting Saturn, dipping in and out of its rings and peering at its moons. But in just one year, it will begin its swansong mission, a daring series of rnanoeuvres that will bring views of Saturn like never before--and end with the spacecraft plummeting to its death in the gas giants atmosphere. The so-called Grand Finale will begin next year, following six months studying Saturrfs outer ring, including 12 close fly-bys of Titan, Saturn's biggest moon, which sports lakes filled with liquid hydrocarbons.