Real Images From Saturn: What Cassini Actually Saw There

NASA’s Cassini-Huygens mission was one of the most successful missions in history. The Cassini spacecraft became the first probe to orbit Saturn while the Huygens probe was the first to land on Titan. In its more than two decades of exploration, Cassini revealed several secrets of Saturn and its moons. Some of the prominent moons studied by Cassini include Titan, Dione, Enceladus, Rhea, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Phoebe. Along with its Moons, Cassini also investigated Saturn’s polar storms, the Hexagon, and the Great White Spot.

Cassini ended its mission in the Grand Finale by making 22 dives through the space between Saturn and its rings. In its last orbit, Cassini disintegrated in the planet’s atmosphere, becoming a part of Saturn itself.

Created by: Rishabh Nakra
Written by: Simran Buttar
Narrated by: Jeffrey Smith

#space #cassini #saturn #nasa

[thethmusketeer]

HATS OFF to the orbital technicians who calculate & execute such complex trajectories so precisely!

[NiqIce]

I love how this guys tells the story of Cassini as if it was a living being. It felt like watching a whole character growing up and meeting people during its journey. It even ended in a sad note 😭

[JohnnysCafe_]

I get goosebumps when I think about the planets and their moons spinning for billions of years, I imagine what it would feel like to visit them and see them first hand.

[beethoven]

When Cassini was failing. It alerted the humans. But Cassini never knew it was being sent to Saturn to die. It was an honor,
I salute Cassini for its work. I got emotional 😢

[BlackFlagHeathen]

Can you imagine living in a colony one one of Saturn’s moons in the distant future and being able to look out your bedroom window and see Saturn in the sky? Simply breathtaking!

[potatosoup]

The scale of the objects in these images is unfathomable. Imagine being able to be inside these supermassive storms and being able to observe them closely first-hand.

[Clarity]

Back when I was little I thought sending a probe to distant planets is nothing but a easy task. As I grew older and learned more of physics, I realized it’s actually an incredible feat of humankind to figure out all the numbers regarding different orbits and gravity. Its just incredible. Hats off to the scientists and engineers.

[benpuza]

This is such a beautiful story it’s almost moving. Like HUMAN BEINGS made this thing that flew all over the fricken MASSIVE solar system for decades. It’s honestly like something from a movie. And then the fact that they chose to end the mission by letting Cassini disintegrate into Saturn to avoid polluting the moons was so beautiful.

[lilacbunches]

This is so interesting. I don't know why we don't hear about space expeditions more often. Thanks for this information. So much going on in space exploration than I could have ever imagined.

[covid-ultrapromax]

Massive respect to the camera man who recorded the Cassini's exploration

[sailbatten]

When you look through a telescope and are able to see Saturn for the first time, it's a crazy "holy crap!" moment, because it looks so much like a diagram in a book. No sarcasm... It's really spooky to see this massive thing in the sky with rings around it as a big flat disc perfectly on angle. Surreal. I'll never forget that feeling.

[aryatripathi]

I teared up at the end I remember, I've been reading about Cassini space mission since childhood, I barely knew anything else except that it's sent to explore Saturn and it's natural When I slowly grew up, I read many stuffs about it over the In 2017 when they finally decided to crash Cassini in Saturn's atmosphere, I teared up because I feel like a part of me growing up is After watching this video, I'm tearing up once Truly nostalgic, inspiring, innovative and mesmerizing ❤️

[psour]

Cassini was a brave and loyal probe to the end. RIP little soldier of our curiousity.

[tibuy]

One of the most successful and amazing missions in all the astronautic's history. Great accomplishment for all mankind, Cassini-Huygens will be remarkable forever.

[Jebbles]

I feel like I just watched a documentary of someone's life. I even felt touched when Cassini fell into the heavens of Saturn.

[justsomeguy]

This is more about Cassini than it is about Saturn. Halfway in and we are finally at Saturn.

[kalgeriax]

The amount of calculations for this satellite to move is insane.
But what's even more insane is the cameraman.
Huge respect to that guy. Sacrifice his past life in earth for sake of photography and video.

[somecrewmate]

probably the most collected new data by a spacecraft, the physics and engineering behind this are astonishing

[xSharpW]

I think it's cool how it ended, it got to become part of the thing it had been studying for so many years.

[gaivs]

Vulcan looks so surreal here, I've always been fascinated by its rings. Great photos.