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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

The Nuclear Heart Of Cassini


The Nuclear Heart Of Cassini

By By SIMON EDELMAN - DOE Digital Chief Creative Officer & MATT DOZIER - Digital Content Specialist Office of Public Affairs,   /  Monday, September 25, 2017 10:00 AM
After nearly two decades in space and billions of miles traveled, Cassini’s journey is finally over. When the pioneering NASA spacecraft met its end in Saturn’s upper atmosphere the morning of Sept. 15, 2017 (Earth Received Time), burning up in a fireball of silicon and metal, the last components to disintegrate were some of its most essential:

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