{"id":13541,"date":"2016-11-23T01:50:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T06:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13541"},"modified":"2016-11-23T01:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T06:50:25","slug":"cassini-to-graze-saturns-rings-and-view-moons-close-up-in-its-mission-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13541","title":{"rendered":"Cassini to graze Saturn&#8217;s rings and view moons close up in its mission finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cassini spacecraft<\/a> during its final year at Saturn will make some death defying dives bear\u00a0the edges of the rings:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Now in its final year of operations, on Nov. 30, 2016, NASA\u2019s Cassini mission will begin a daring set of ring-grazing orbits, skimming past the outside edge of Saturn&#8217;s main rings. Cassini will fly closer to Saturn\u2019s rings than it has since its 2004 arrival. It will begin the closest study of the rings and offer unprecedented views of moons that orbit near them. Even more dramatic orbits ahead will bring Cassini closer to Saturn than any spacecraft has dared to go 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\/gj8l2f9prYk?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>More at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/2970\/nasa-saturn-mission-prepares-for-ring-grazing-orbits\/\" target=\"_d\">Cassini: Mission to Saturn: NASA Saturn Mission Prepares for &#8216;Ring-Grazing Orbits&#8217; &#8211; NASA JPL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassini spacecraft during its final year at Saturn will make some death defying dives bear\u00a0the edges of the rings: Now in its final year of operations, on Nov. 30, 2016, NASA\u2019s Cassini mission will begin a daring set of ring-grazing orbits, skimming past the outside edge of Saturn&#8217;s main rings. Cassini will fly closer to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cassini to graze Saturn&#8217;s rings and view moons close up in its mission finale<\/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":[98,87,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-titan","category-et-al","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3wp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13637,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13637","url_meta":{"origin":13541,"position":0},"title":"Cassini captures great views of Saturn&#8217;s hexagonal north pole","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some recent images of Saturn's hexagon shaped cloud patter on its north pole: Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn\u2019s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission. 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