Instead of „energize,“ a famous „Star Trek: Voyager“ cast member has a new command for the almost-finished Cassini mission at Saturn: „Vaporize!“ Robert Picardo, best known for playing an…

The upcoming suicide plunge of NASA’s Cassini Saturn probe is an act of noble self-sacrifice. Cassini is running out of fuel, so the end of its historic mission was looming regardless. But…

Am 15. September 2017 enden fast anderthalb Jahrzehnte intensiver Beobachtung des zweitgrößten Planeten unseres Sonnensystems mit einem spektakulären Manöver, bei dem Cassini in die…

After examining Saturn from up close for 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft is ending its long career with a boom – and there’s an important reason why. Friday morning (Sept. 15), Cassini…

The one-week countdown has begun for the Cassini spacecraft’s fatal dive into Saturn’s atmosphere. On Sept. 15, Cassini will dive straight into Saturn, collecting in-situ data from the…

Während im Moment der Planet Saturn schön am Nachthimmel zu sehen ist, endet dort in diesem Monat eine ganz große Raumfahrtmission der NASA. Die Sonde „Cassini“ wird am 15. September in…