{"id":14817,"date":"2017-08-26T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14817"},"modified":"2017-08-26T17:02:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T21:02:40","slug":"videos-cassini-and-the-wonders-of-saturn-an-overview-of-the-voyager-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14817","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Cassini and the wonders of Saturn + An overview of the Voyager mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of highlights of the many discoveries and marvelous images made by the <a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassini mission<\/a> to the Saturn system:<\/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\/htOoWJmYVtQ?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>Checkout the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7751\/\" target=\"_d\">Cassini: The Grand Finale: Cassini&#8217;s &#8216;Inside-Out&#8217; Rings Movie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_14818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14818\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7751\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7751_PIA21886_Inside_outRings_201708201.gif\" data-orig-size=\"504,504\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"Cassini&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8216;Inside-Out&amp;#8217; Rings Movie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This movie sequence of images from NASA&amp;#8217;s Cassini spacecraft offers a unique perspective on Saturn\u2019s ring system. Cassini captured the images from within the gap between the planet and its rings, looking outward as the spacecraft made one of its final dives through the gap as part of the mission&amp;#8217;s Grand Finale.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Using its wide-angle camera, Cassini took the 21 images in the sequence over a span of about four minutes during its dive through the gap on Aug. 20, 2017. The images have an original size of 512 x 512 pixels; the smaller image size allowed for more images to be taken over the short span of time.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7751_PIA21886_Inside_outRings_201708201.gif\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14818\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/7751_PIA21886_Inside_outRings_201708201.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This movie sequence of images from NASA&#8217;s Cassini spacecraft offers a unique perspective on Saturn\u2019s ring system. Cassini captured the images from within the gap between the planet and its rings, looking outward as the spacecraft made one of its final dives through the gap as part of the mission&#8217;s Grand Finale.\u00a0<\/em><em>Using its wide-angle camera, Cassini took the 21 images in the sequence over a span of about four minutes during its dive through the gap on Aug. 20, 2017. The images have an original size of 512 x 512 pixels; the smaller image size allowed for more images to be taken over the short span of time. [<a href=\"https:\/\/saturn.jpl.nasa.gov\/resources\/7751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full captio<\/a>n]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>A talk by Alan Cummings, Senior Research Scientist at Caltech and Voyager team member since 1973, about the two <a href=\"https:\/\/voyager.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voyager spacecraft<\/a> and their travels out into interstellar space:<\/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\/nPSQcXs3DJI?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>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In 1977, NASA&#8217;s twin Voyager spacecraft embarked on an incredible journey to the outer planets and beyond. After delivering stunning images of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the probes sailed on to study the boundary of our heliosphere, the bubble that encompasses our sun, planets and solar wind. Voyager 1 crossed that frontier in August 2012, becoming the first human-made object in interstellar space, while Voyager 2 is expected to enter the space between the stars in the coming years. This live public talk at NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, revisits highlights of the last 40 years and discuss what may lie ahead for the intrepid Voyagers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of highlights of the many discoveries and marvelous images made by the Cassini mission to the Saturn system: Checkout the\u00a0Cassini: The Grand Finale: Cassini&#8217;s &#8216;Inside-Out&#8217; Rings Movie: A talk by Alan Cummings, Senior Research Scientist at Caltech and Voyager team member since 1973, about the two Voyager spacecraft and their travels out into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14817\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Cassini and the wonders of Saturn + An overview of the Voyager mission<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-14817","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-3QZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15094,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15094","url_meta":{"origin":14817,"position":0},"title":"More views of Saturn&#8217;s rings from the Cassini Finale","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A wonderful view of Saturn as seen by Cassini about a month before the probe's mission ended by entering the planet's atmosphere: The Grace of Saturn Saturn's graceful lanes of orbiting ice -- its iconic rings -- wind their way around the planet to pass beyond the horizon in this\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\/10\/pia21352-10411-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14320,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14320","url_meta":{"origin":14817,"position":1},"title":"Video: Cassini films Saturn&#8217;s surface during first dive between rings and planet","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Images taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it flew between the surface of Saturn and the innermost ring have now been released. 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