Cassini Space Probe

Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit saturn and the first to enter its orbit.
Cassini space probe. Cassini huygens u s european space mission to saturn launched on october 15 1997. Cassini carried a passenger to the saturn system the european huygens probe the first human made object to land on a world in the distant outer solar system. The cassini spacecraft was built by nasa s jet propulsion laboratory jpl and the italian space agency asi and is one of the largest heaviest and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever built. The two craft took their names from the astronomers giovanni cassini and christiaan huygens.
15 2017 when the probe ended its life with a plunge into the ringed planet s atmosphere. This intentional death dive was. Cassini revealed in great detail the true wonders of saturn a giant world ruled by raging storms and delicate harmonies of gravity. National aeronautics and space administration s nasa s cassini orbiter which was the first space probe to orbit saturn and the european space agency s huygens probe which landed on titan saturn s largest moon.
The mission consisted of the u s. After 20 years in space 13 of those years exploring saturn cassini exhausted its fuel supply. The cassini spacecraft orbited saturn from june 30 2004 until sept. The spacecraft was launched with two elements.
He also discovered four of saturn s moons. Launched aboard a titan ivb centaur on october 15 1997 cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years with 13 years spent orbiting saturn and studying the planet and its system after entering orbit on july 1 2004. News images and videos from the cassini mission which explored saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017. A joint endeavor of nasa the european space agency or esa and the italian space agency cassini launched in 1997 along with esa s huygens probe.
The cassini orbiter and the huygens probe. Loaded with an array of powerful instruments and cameras the spacecraft was capable of taking accurate measurements and detailed images in a variety of atmospheric conditions and light spectra.