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Cassini has now begun the initial stages of a mission that raises the prospect of getting to view some of the most spectacular images yet ever captured in the history of space exploration.
The aptly-named "ring-grazing orbits" mission will over the next few months be passing directly through the faintest sections of the rings and sample particles and gases as well as studying the Saturnian atmosphere in unprecedented detail.
Here's a little taster below: Saturn' s north pole with its hexagonal jet-stream feature, the first image beamed back from Cassini' s new orbit:
Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit
The aptly-named "ring-grazing orbits" mission will over the next few months be passing directly through the faintest sections of the rings and sample particles and gases as well as studying the Saturnian atmosphere in unprecedented detail.
Here's a little taster below: Saturn' s north pole with its hexagonal jet-stream feature, the first image beamed back from Cassini' s new orbit:
Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit
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