Doomed Spacecraft Begins Final Dives Near Saturn's Rings
The Cassini mission is beginning to end. This bus-sized space craft has been 12 years exploring the Saturn system. With its fuel running out, it will spend the next 9 months focusing on the planet and its rings. Cassini's orbits should give scientists a better view of the outer edge of the massive A ring. This will also give better view to the small moonlets that are in this ring. By studying these moonlets, scientist are hoping to use them to get a better understanding of how the current planets in our solar system came to be.
nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/cassini-nasa-saturn-rings-moons-space-science/
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