Cassini Spacecraft Enters Safe Mode “Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are working to understand what caused NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to put itself into “safe mode,” a precautionary […]
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The Dance of Saturn's Moons
“Like sugar plum fairies in “The Nutcracker,” the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. New movies frame the moons’ silent dance against […]
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Lakes and Fog on Titan
Sun’s Glint Reveals Lakes on Titan, JPL “NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn’s moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid […]