I'm Going To Miss Seeing Pictures Like This

And considering there are no plans to send any more probes to Saturn during my lifetime I'm incredibly lucky to have lived during this mission.

Cassini Completes Final Close Enceladus Flyby

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun transmitting data and images from the mission's final close flyby of Saturn's active moon Enceladus. Cassini passed Enceladus at a distance of 3,106 miles (4,999 kilometers) on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 9:49 a.m. PST (12:49 p.m. EST).

After revealing Enceladus' surprising geologic activity in 2005, Cassini made a series of discoveries about the material gushing from warm fractures near its south pole. Scientists announced strong evidence for a regional subsurface sea in 2014, revising their understanding in 2015 to confirm that the moon hosts a global ocean beneath its icy crust.

One Reply to “I'm Going To Miss Seeing Pictures Like This”

  1. These are amazing photos and I have to admit I've felt disheartened by the lack of interest in space exploration for the past decade or two. I always thought that I would see a colony on the moon or in orbit or something, but folks just don't seem to be that interested in it like we were back when we were kids.

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