NASA’s Cassani mission has released these amazing unseen photos of Saturn and its many moons. These incredible images show close-up photographs of Saturn and its orbiting moons taken from approximately 1.4 million miles away.
A 230-foot (70-metre) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California, will listen for the spacecraft’s radio signal tomorrow.
This is it! Through the gap between #Saturn and its rings. Instruments are on, but we’re out of contact with Earth. Here we goooooo! pic.twitter.com/3J7aRZS0IH
— CassiniSaturn (@CassiniSaturn) April 26, 2017
This is the clearest image ever taken of the Planet Saturn and its massive storm…
By #nasa ‘s #cassini #mission to #Saturn pic.twitter.com/fB1HENPWeb— OuterSpaceRevealed (@OSRevealed) April 22, 2017
Shields Up! As we pass over #Saturn, we’re turning our high-gain antenna into a shield RIGHT NOW to deflect oncoming ring particles. pic.twitter.com/kAxzY53uwT
— CassiniSaturn (@CassiniSaturn) April 26, 2017
Today’s Google Doodle celebrated the Cassini mission by showing a cartoon of the space probe taking a photograph of Saturn.
The Google Doodle said: “Saturn, get ready for your close-up! Today the Cassini spacecraft starts a series of swoops between Saturn and its rings.
“These cosmic acrobatics are part of Cassini’s dramatic ‘Grand Finale,’ a set of orbits offering Earthlings an unprecedented look at the second-largest planet in our solar system.”
In response to the Google Doodle, NASA’s official Twitter account for mission tweeted: “We’ve been doodled! Get ready for your close-up”.
We’ve been doodled! Get ready for your closeup, #Saturn. https://t.co/TSA7uPWtTk pic.twitter.com/ifQVIZ478Y
— CassiniSaturn (@CassiniSaturn) April 26, 2017
