{"id":13274,"date":"2016-10-01T11:36:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13274"},"modified":"2016-10-01T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:36:27","slug":"videos-four-days-at-saturn-public-lecture-cassinis-epic-journey-at-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13274","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Four Days at Saturn + Public lecture: Cassini&#8217;s Epic Journey at Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time lapse video made by the \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/cassini\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Cassini spacecraft<\/a>\u00a0shows four rotations of Saturn:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft stared at Saturn for nearly 44 hours in April 2016 to obtain this movie showing four Saturn days. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cassini will begin a series of dives between the planet and its rings in April 2017, building toward a dramatic end of mission &#8212; a final plunge into the planet, six months later.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gqXcXNUu1lg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Cassini Mission to Saturn<\/a>, which was launched in 1997 and reached the ringed planet in 2004,\u00a0will come to an end in\u00a0September 2017 when the spacecraft will dive into the atmosphere of the gas giant. \u00a0Earl Maize, Cassini Project Manager, and\u00a0Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, gave a lecture on Saturn and the Cassini mission this past\u00a0week:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This public talk presented highlights of Cassini\u2019s ambitious inquiry at Saturn and an overview of science observations in the final orbits. There was a discussion of Cassini\u2019s exciting challenges, and promise of the final year of the mission, ultimately flying through a region where no spacecraft has ever flown before.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YchCuFvyAZ4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time lapse video made by the \u00a0Cassini spacecraft\u00a0shows four rotations of Saturn: NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft stared at Saturn for nearly 44 hours in April 2016 to obtain this movie showing four Saturn days. Cassini will begin a series of dives between the planet and its rings in April 2017, building toward a dramatic end &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13274\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Four Days at Saturn + Public lecture: Cassini&#8217;s Epic Journey at Saturn<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,87,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titan","category-et-al","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3s6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14919,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14919","url_meta":{"origin":13274,"position":0},"title":"Video: Cassini mission to Saturn comes to an end","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cassini spacecraft\u00a0made its final orbit of Saturn this morning: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/V5Ho30EMRm4 A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's\u00a0Cassini spacecraft\u00a0made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its 13-year tour\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Europa, Titan, &amp; other deep space sites","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=98"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pia21889_enceladus_figa_color-a1-1024x1022.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14286,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14286","url_meta":{"origin":13274,"position":1},"title":"Video: Cassini flies between Saturn and its rings for first time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cassini spacecraft survived its first pass through the gap between Saturn and its rings: NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/BQmTdYPVJxM NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gas giants Saturn, Jupiter, et al","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=87"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/main_w001063601.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14148,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14148","url_meta":{"origin":13274,"position":2},"title":"Video: Cassini&#8217;s Grand Finale at Saturn","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After nearly 2 decades in service, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn will end its career by diving into the gas giant's atmosphere on September 15th:\u00a0The Grand Finale. 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