Cassini’s ‘Final Countdown’, Total Destruction of NASA Spacecraft on Friday
NASA’s long-lived Cassini spacecraft will begin its final descent in to Saturn’s atmosphere this week. Originally launched all the way back in 1997 and arriving in orbit around Saturn in 2004, Cassini, which initially came paired with ESA’s Titan-bound Huygens lander, has been one of the biggest success stories in space exploration over the last two decades. Brimming with an … Continue reading
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Detects Building Blocks of Life on Titan
WOW! via unexplained-mysteries: Titan is continuing to surprise scientists. Saturn’s mysterious moon Titan may be a lot more habitable than scientists had previously believed. Titan is a place that, on the outset, appears to possess many things that seem uncannily familiar – oceans, rivers, snow-capped mountains and even an active weather system. Take a closer look however and it soon … Continue reading
Cassini Survives Saturn Plunge Returns Spectacular Images
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured a series of impressive new photos during its death-defying dive. The risky manoeuver, which saw the probe fly through the 1,500-mile-wide gap between Saturn and its innermost ring, was undertaken last week as part of the mission’s “grand finale”. The signal indicating that Cassini had survived was picked up by NASA’s Deep Space Network Goldstone … Continue reading
The NASA Lucifer Project: NASA to Bomb Saturn with Plutonium 238… A Second Sun?
In 2017 on September 5th Cassini’s 15-year journey to the Saturn system comes to an end. The Cassini’s final mission consists of plunging into the planet’s atmosphere and finalizes with its impact on the planet to destroy the spacecraft. It will relay data until it’s final moments. Giving us, even more, information than we’ve ever had before about Saturn’s atmosphere. … Continue reading
NASA Claims Strange Saturn Ring Bulge is an Optical Illusion
Does an “opposition surge” sound like something that’s nothing to worry about? That’s what NASA calls what looks like a big bulge in the B ring in a recent photograph sent back by the Cassini spacecraft … a photograph that was mysteriously kept hidden since it was taken with the Cassini wide-angle camera on June 26, 2016. Is NASA concerned … Continue reading