Cassini mission winds down

An Iconic Saturn image from the Cassini mission
Saturn, Lord of the rings. An iconic Saturn image from the Cassini mission

Launched in 1997, the Cassini mission to Saturn sent it’s final images back to earth last week before plunging into the planet in a planned manoeuvre. It spent 13 years in orbit around the ringed planet, carried out some spectacular science and beamed some great images back to earth.

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