Today in the history of astronomy, Casini comes after a seven -year journey.
The Cassini-Husens spacecraft shot this image of Saturn on March 27, 2004, which was in the way of its house in the orbit around the planet. Credit: NASA/JPL/Institute of Space Sciences
On July 1, 2004, Cassini-Husens Mission, NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) and a collaborative undertaking by the Italian Space Agency, successfully reached Saturn. The spacecraft launched on October 15, 1997, and received gravity aid from Venus, Earth and Jupiter’s flybis. A 96-minute orbit-burn burning slowed down the spacecraft, which was captured by the gravity of Saturn, which enabled its long-term exploration of the planet and its moon. Cassini’s arrival began 13 years of attempt, which had already crossed the knowledge of the gas giants shining by flybies of other missions; The new revelations consisted of liquid methane sees on Titan, which was a global ocean with signs of hydrothermal activity on Encaladus, and unprecedented details about Saturn rings. The mission concluded in September 2017 with a “Grand Finale”, consisting of a series of divers between Saturn and its rings, before the orbiter was deliberately submerged in the planet to avoid possible contamination of its moon.
