Thursday, April 17, 2008

"Revolutionary" Cassini Mission is Extended

NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft mission is extending its end date by 2 years. The discoveries and images have been so incredible that they have "revolutionized our knowledge of Saturn and its moons." The international mission was originally to end in Jully 2008 but is now being extended to include 60 more orbits of Saturn and more "flybys" of its moons. Check it out:

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6820

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