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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-Caltech

Look forward to even more fantastic views than the NASA pics below.

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

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