tuckstar Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 New Horizons has been steeling the headlines of late, but tomorrow it's cassinis turn again with a super close flyby of enceladus. Can't wait to see the pictures and hear the results of the science. http://m.space.com/30931-saturn-moon-enceladus-flyby-cassini.html Big Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 This is the first of her last 3 fly byes before she is ditched into Saturn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Without doubt, this is a dead cheeky fly by, it really is taking a fly off a cows backside from something like eight hundred million miles away. If it doesn't go well it will still be spectacular. I don't think we would get images, as it has to move and point back to earth to download it's data, so if it goes in, we will never see it. I would say this has been one of the best long distance missions and has yielded an amazing amount of discoveries. It has produced one of my favourite images as well, the Earth in the distance through the back lit ring system. It will be a sad day when this ends it's mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Dr Carolyn Porco has been on the project for 27 years, that's a massive achievement in itself, with some of the most spectacular science and pictures ever seen. Indeed it will be a sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 And the results start to come in. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA17204 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rowbow Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Without doubt, this is a dead cheeky fly by, it really is taking a fly off a cows backside from something like eight hundred million miles away. If it doesn't go well it will still be spectacular. I don't think we would get images, as it has to move and point back to earth to download it's data, so if it goes in, we will never see it. I would say this has been one of the best long distance missions and has yielded an amazing amount of discoveries. It has produced one of my favourite images as well, the Earth in the distance through the back lit ring system. It will be a sad day when this ends it's mission. Have you a link to the view of earth please rowbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckstar Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 2006 http://m.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7314 2013 http://www.universetoday.com/106361/the-day-the-earth-smiled-saturn-shines-in-this-amazing-image-from-the-cassini-team/ The 2013 is the one when everyone waved at Saturn. I know I was looking at Saturn at the time from belper with a few others. BAZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thanks Andy. Here's a link which covers the whole mission. Well worth a browse through on a foggy day. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/ tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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