NASA's Cassini probe is about to dive into Saturn

[neelpatel]

Is it just me that Cassini’s crash makes me a bit sad ?

[sumeetkrishnan]

Casini was revolving around saturn for 13 years now it is going to be a part of saturn ..! #HatsOff

[LarkinJackson]

I did a report in school on the Cassini's trip to Saturn.... I feel older today.

[Michael_Michaels]

I named my dog Cassini. He has no clue about WTF is going to happen. I don't want to upset him.

[_sica]

Why am I feeling emotionally attached to this spacecraft...?? It's not like I can empathise with a hunk of metal... But I do

[sakar]

But will they play See you again Ft. Wiz khalifa?

[vickylance]

Some quick make this with interstellar music in the background

[harryandruschak]

I worked at JPL 1974-1986, and remember the series of four spacecraft planned for thenext step. JOP (Jupiter Orbiter and Probe) became Galileo. And SOP (Saturn Orbiter and Prone) eventually...took a long time thanks to budget cuts....Cassini. The Uranus and Neptune missions probably will remain a dream for years to come.

[Atlkid]

So right now at 0808, is time linear for where the spacecraft is currently orbiting?

[peperodayful]

Rest now little brother. You've done very well. Thank you Cassini.

[racoonzattack]

Saturn has been my favorite planet ever since I was a little kid! Little did I know how awesome it and it's moons really is! Thank you Cassini!

[williamconnorsierra]

I'm prepared to say goodbye to Cassini. Without tears in my eyes, of course.

*_Crying inside but extremely proud but still crying in joy_*

This is so cool. Love your science content, keep it up!

[ddamx]

I bet the data will be fascinating, once it's made sense of. Farewell, Cassini.

[PTNLemay]

I love doing that in KSP over Jool. It feels so epic, like sending your brave cosmic wanderer off onto some grand viking funeral pyre. It also helps that you can collect science all the way till the end.

He died the way he lived... Scienceing.

[Anonymoussz]

Wow, we will see the whole thing on natgeo.

[cygnus]

Saturn looks like it would sound like a big tennis ball if you were to bounce it (GURK GURK GURK)

[Vikingdescendent]

Simply amazing achievement by NASA! Whatever happened to the Russian space program?

[uss_]

If Cassini intentionally crashed into one of Saturn's moons and contaminated it, would headlines read "NASA launches Attack On Titan"?

[paulmadden]

Very interesting. I suppose we forget how amazing these pictures etc. are in our information overload world.