A MILESTONE IN SPACE EXPLORATION
Suddenly the Solar System was so much smaller
A BILLION MILES FROM EARTH
Saturn is,
I think by anyone's estimation the most strikingly
beautiful planet.
AFTER A DECADE OF AMAZING DISCOVERIES
It has this extraordinary ring system
62 moons of great diversity
THE SPACECRAFT CASSINI TRANSFORMS OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF SATURN
Look at these shadows
the particles are protruding two miles above
the ring plane
it's astonishing
ITS LARGEST MOON A MYSTERY
HIDDEN BENEATH A HAZY ATMOSPHERE
When we landed on the surface of Titan it
was like being in one universe one moment
and another universe the next.
We could never have imagined the channels
the dunes
the lakes
rain, rivers, clouds
BUT MOST STUNNING OF ALL,
ENCELADUS.
A TINY INTRIGUING MOON.
This moon is supposed to be cold and dead.
We didn't expect any activity like this.
Enceladus has organics.
It has liquid water.
It has all the proper chemical elements.
It has an environment in which we could easily
imagine life getting started.
NOW, THE SPACECRAFT BEGINS ITS FINAL MISSION.
Cassini will dive for the first time between
the rings and the planet.
We are going through an area where no one
has gone through before.
WHAT MYSTERIES LIE WITHIN?
The spacecraft is going to allow us to almost
see inside the planet and get an understanding
about what's going on inside.
We don't know what we are going to find.
AS CASSINI'S 20 YEAR JOURNEY COMES TO A FIREY
END
DEATH DIVE TO SATURN
