12. What is Cassini? (A K2S Question)

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Cassini is an international mission that was conceived in the 1980s, and begun in 1990, to launch a spacecraft to the planet Saturn and put it in orbit. The spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn in the summer of 2004 and has been returning images and information ever since.


Answer provided by Carolyn Porco, Ph.D.


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer