As Cassini approached its fiery end in Saturn’s upper atmosphere, it kept transmitting right up to the last second. The final photos it captured weren’t just scientifically vital - they were ...

Advert Enter the Cassini spacecraft, which was launched by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) way back in 1997. Fired into space almost 30 years ago, it's purpose was to study Saturn and its ...

more Cassini was an incredibly successful mission for NASA, with the spacecraft outliving its expected mission timeline and punctuating its time at Saturn with a series of incredibly risky dives ...