Cassini Raw Images - NASA Solar System Exploration
Sep 21, 2023 · This gallery contains the full record of the Cassini spacecraft’s raw images taken from Feb. 20, 2004 to Cassini’s end of mission on Sept. 15, 2017. The archive will remain …
Cassini’s finale plunge is a fitting and truly spectacular end for one of the most scientifically rich voyages yet undertaken in our solar system. This end was planned for Cassini in 2010, at the …
In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Four spacecraft have visited the Saturn system, but only Cassini actually orbited the ringed planet. Doing so bought Cassini time – more than a decade – to linger and watch Saturn’s …
The Cassini orbiter will orbit Saturn for 4 years. The spacecraft’s 12 onboard instruments will collect data about Saturn, the rings, the magnetosphere, Titan, and Saturn’s smaller moons.
NASA found that even with solar arrays containing the latest high-efficiency solar cells developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) it would not have been possible to conduct the Cassini …
Callisto - NASA Solar System Exploration
Jun 26, 2019 · During one of Galileo’s extended missions, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft also flew by Jupiter on its way to Saturn. For a few weeks, both spacecraft were observing the giant planet …
In Depth | Tethys – NASA Solar System Exploration
Cassini referred to Tethys as one of the four Sidera Lodoicea (Stars of Louis) after King Louis XIV (the other three were Iapetus, Dione and Rhea). Other astronomers called the Saturn moons …
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets …
What Are Raw Images? - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · At left is an unprocessed, or raw, image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The image was taken using a filter that lets red wavelengths of light pass through to the camera's …
In Depth | Enceladus – NASA Solar System Exploration
On Oct. 9, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA's Cassini captured this stunning mosaic as the spacecraft sped away from this …