Ταξίδι στον Κρόνο με το Cassini

Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004 for a four-year mission, but was so successful that NASA gave it a two-year extension, to September 2010. Then, in February, NASA extended it a second time for what it calls the Solstice mission, lasting until Saturn's northern hemisphere summer in 2017.

If all goes as planned, on Sept. 15, 2017, Cassini will die a warrior’s death, diving inside the rings for 22 spectacular orbits on the fringes of Saturn’s atmosphere before plunging into the planet.