{"id":14274,"date":"2017-04-26T01:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T05:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14274"},"modified":"2017-04-26T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T06:02:04","slug":"video-a-360-degree-view-of-cassini-diving-between-saturn-and-the-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14274","title":{"rendered":"Video: A 360-degree view of Cassini diving between Saturn and the rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This interactive video from NASA JPL allows you to scan Saturn and the rings as the Cassini spacecraft makes one of its dives\u00a0between the two before the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/mission\/grand-finale\/overview\/\" target=\"_d\">Grand Finale<\/a>\u00a0in September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Dive between Saturn and its rings with NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft in the final chapter of its mission. In this 360-degree video, you are traveling along with the spacecraft at tens of thousands of miles per hour as it makes one of 22 planned dives through this unexplored gap. The first dive of Cassini&#8217;s Grand Finale takes place on April 26, 2017, with additional dives about once a week.\u00a0<\/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\/hFjzFSidX3s?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<header><strong>Key Dates<\/strong><\/header>\n<ul>\n<li>April 22: <strong>Titan 126 Flyby<\/strong>\u00a0at 6:08 a.m. UTC (11:08 p.m. PDT on April 21)<\/li>\n<li>April 23: <strong>First Grand Finale Orbit<\/strong> Begins at 3:46 a.m. UTC (8:46 p.m. PDT on April 22)<\/li>\n<li>April 26: <strong>First Ringplane Crossing<\/strong>\u00a0at 9 a.m. UTC (2 a.m. PDT)<\/li>\n<li>May 24: <strong>Northern Summer Solstice Begins<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15: <strong>Cassini&#8217;s Final Entry into\u00a0Saturn&#8217;s Atmosphere<\/strong>\u00a0begins\u00a0at 10:44\u00a0a.m. UTC (3:44\u00a0a.m. PDT). Spacecraft loss of signal comes one minute later at 10:45 a.m. UTC (3:45 a.m. PDT).<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 15:<strong> Final signal received on Earth<\/strong>\u00a0at 12:08 p.m. UTC (5:08 a.m. PDT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also these other recent Cassini posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14148\" target=\"_d\">Video: Cassini\u2019s Grand Finale at Saturn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14168\" target=\"_d\">Video: Briefing previews Cassini\u2019s Grande Finale at Saturn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14258\" target=\"_d\">Videos: TMRO Orbit 10.15 \u2013 Cassini\u2019s Grand Finale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a view of Earth and the Moon as seen recently by Cassini through the rings:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-image-shows-earth-between-the-rings-of-saturn\" target=\"_d\">NASA Image Shows Earth Between the Rings of Saturn | NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14277\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14277\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1020,1020\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Earth from Saturn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This cropped, zoomed-in version of the image makes it easier to see Earth&amp;#8217;s moon &amp;#8212; a smaller, fainter dot to the left of our planet&amp;#8217;s bright dot.&lt;br \/&gt;\nCredits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Space Science Institute Full image and caption&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-14277\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/pia21445_figb_zoomed1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This cropped, zoomed-in version of the image makes it easier to see Earth&#8217;s moon &#8212; a smaller, fainter dot to the left of our planet&#8217;s bright dot. Credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Space Science Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/spaceimages\/details.php?id=PIA21445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full image and caption<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a new video of Saturn&#8217;s hexagon north pole using Cassini images:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/science\/saturn\/hexagon-in-motion\/\" target=\"_d\">Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Saturn&#8217;s Hexagon in Motion<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14278\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_color520x520.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14278\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_color520x520.gif\" data-orig-size=\"520,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Saturn &amp;#8220;Hexagon&amp;#8221;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;North pole of Saturn made from Cassini images. Different wavelengths of light from ultraviolet to visible to infrared have been assigned colors.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_color520x520.gif\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14278\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_color520x520.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>North pole of Saturn made from Cassini images. Different wavelengths of light from ultraviolet to visible to infrared have been assigned colors.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gray scale version:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14279\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_bw_520x520.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_bw_520x520.gif\" data-orig-size=\"520,520\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Saturn&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Hexagon&amp;#8221;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The black and white version.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_bw_520x520.gif\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14279\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/PIA17652_bw_520x520.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The black and white version.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This interactive video from NASA JPL allows you to scan Saturn and the rings as the Cassini spacecraft makes one of its dives\u00a0between the two before the\u00a0Grand Finale\u00a0in September. Dive between Saturn and its rings with NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft in the final chapter of its mission. In this 360-degree video, you are traveling along with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14274\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: A 360-degree view of Cassini diving between Saturn and the rings<\/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-14274","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-3Ie","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14286,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14286","url_meta":{"origin":14274,"position":0},"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":14274,"position":1},"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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