NASA Unveils Farewell Images of Saturn, Its Rings And Moons - JPKee.com

New Delhi, Nov 22: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has unveiled the final images of planet Saturn, its rings, and moons that have been captured by the Cassini spacecraft before diving into Saturn’s thick atmosphere. Cassini took a dozen of Saturn’s pictures using its camera. Some of the famous Saturn’s 60 moons – Prometheus, Pandora, Janus, Epimetheus, Mimas, and Enceladus – are also visible in the images sent by the Cassini spacecraft.

“Cassini’s scientific bounty has been truly spectacular – a vast array of new results leading to new insights and surprises, from the tiniest of ring particles to the opening of new landscapes on Titan and Enceladus, to the deep interior of Saturn itself,” said Robert West, deputy imaging team leader of Cassini team.

Before taking its final dive, @CassiniSaturn took one last glance at Saturn’s icy moon Rhea: https://t.co/nhu4lVNHNl pic.twitter.com/AWvCOnBlYG

— NASA (@NASA) November 22, 2017

Another leader of the team, Carolyn Porco, said, “For 37 years, Voyager 1’s last view of Saturn has been, for me, one of the most evocative images ever taken in the exploration of the solar system. In a similar vein, this ‘Farewell to Saturn’ will forevermore serve as a reminder of the dramatic conclusion to that wondrous time humankind spent in the intimate study of our sun’s most iconic planetary system.”

Cassini was launched in 1997 to orbit Saturn. The spacecraft has been orbiting the eighth planet from 2004.

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Author - Vikash Kumar