Cassini, the first and so far only probe to orbit Saturn beyond a flyby, perished yesterday in what NASA termed a “grand finale” — gracefully careening into Saturn and, fittingly, enjoining with its ...

This is where Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere in a blaze of glory. After 19 years and 335 days in space—most of it spent spinning around the Saturnian System—Cassini took this one last photo ...

Celebrate the end of the Cassini mission with a look back at when the Huygens probe's landing on Saturn's moon Titan. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with ...

The Huygens probe, part of the Cassini-Huygens mission, successfully landed on Titan despite significant uncertainties regarding the surface conditions, demonstrating a robust design capable of ...

The Cassini spacecraft carried the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to Saturn and released it in December 2004. The probe landed on Titan Jan. 14, 2005, acquiring a set of images using the ...

Goodbye, Cassini. And thank you. After a 20-year mission, 13 in orbit of Saturn, Cassini dived one last time for Saturn’s atmosphere. Over the course of its years at Saturn, Cassini has watched the ...

On September 15, NASA’s flagship robotic explorer, Cassini, will plummet into Saturn’s atmosphere in a fiery burn-up, ending a thirteen-year career of exploring Saturn and its host of remarkable moons ...

A spectacular space exploration mission will end with a dramatic death. The Cassini spacecraft will self-destruct by plunging into Saturn's atmosphere, ultimately burning up and disintegrating. The ...

The Cassini spacecraft has been one of the most productive, versatile and inspiring astronomical platforms ever made. Launched on October 15, 1997, this spacecraft, simply by its own exploits, stands ...

In 10 days, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will nose-dive into Saturn and burn up in the planet’s atmosphere. It’s the final, suicidal step of a monthslong dance through Saturn’s rings that has given ...

This area imaged by the Cassini radar system during the spacecraft’s third close flyby of Titan on Feb. 15, 2005, is just to the east of the Circus Maximus impact ...