Cassini Makes First Ring-Grazing Plunge
Above: This graphic shows the closest approaches of Cassini’s final two orbital phases. Ring-grazing orbits are shown in gray (at left); Grand Finale orbits are shown in blue. The orange line shows the spacecraft’s Sept. 2017 final plunge into Saturn.
Credits: NASA/JPL-CaltechLook forward to even more fantastic views than the NASA pics below.
Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute