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Official website of the Cassini Imaging Team and the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) where Saturn system images are processed, archived, and posted for the scientific community and the public. In July 2013, Cassini slipped behind Saturn and swiveled to stare at the giant planet, backlit by the sun. Image Use; NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE; NASA Portal; This site is maintained by the Planetary Science Communications team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. The Imaging Team leader, Dr. Carolyn Porco, is the Director of CICLOPS.
Key measurements will come from its mass spectrometer, which will sample Saturn’s atmosphere, telling us about its composition until contact is lost. This illustration shows the process of organic compounds making their way onto ice grains emitted in plumes from Saturns moon Enceladus, where they were detected by NASAs Cassini spacecraft. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has explored the Saturn system since 2004, re-writing our understanding of the giant planet, its rings, moons and magnetosphere. Saturn's dark side looms large in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in January 2015. For 13 years the spacecraft’s incredible, truly otherworldly images have revealed the wonder of Saturn in surprising, often awe-inspiring ways. At a distance of just under 900 million miles, Earth shines bright among the many stars in the sky, distinguished by its bluish tint. Cassini’s final images will have been sent to Earth several hours before its final plunge, but even as the spacecraft makes its fateful dive into the planet’s atmosphere, it will be sending home new data in real time. By Leah Crane. The first global geologic map of Titan is based on radar and visible-light images from NASAs Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017.
The view was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its … It went into orbit around Saturn in 2004 and has since taken thousands of images … 100 Images From Cassini’s Mission to Saturn By JONATHAN CORUM UPDATED September 15, 2017 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn… NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been voyaging through the solar system since October 1997. Cassini: Earth and Saturn “The Day Earth Smiled” Through the brilliance of Saturn’s rings, Cassini caught a glimpse of a far-away planet and its moon. Barely visible in the bottom-left corner is Tethys, one of Saturn's moons. We observed Saturn on his personal telescope recently (32" mirror, high up in the Sierra Nevada foothills, on a clear night with exceptionally stable viewing conditions). This unprocessed image shows features in Saturn's atmosphere from closer than ever before. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.