Cassini Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:39:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Cassini Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Cassini: Mission Accomplished https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/17/cassini-mission-accomplished/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:39:35 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16357 The Cassini space probe’s 20-year mission to Saturn is over. On September 15, at 4:55 a.m. Eastern Time on Earth, the spacecraft entered the atmosphere around Saturn. Moments later, it was destroyed. Cassini was launched in 1997. It had been […]

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]]> Cassini Spacecraft Begins Last Stage Of 20-Year Mission https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/05/22/cassini-spacecraft-begins-last-stage-20-year-mission/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/05/22/cassini-spacecraft-begins-last-stage-20-year-mission/#comments Tue, 23 May 2017 00:06:49 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16232 In October 1997, a spacecraft called the Cassini orbiter was launched on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons.
Now, after nearly 20 years in space, Cassini’s mission is coming to an end. Cassini is running out of fuel. Scientists expect it to burn up in Saturn’s atmosphere in September.
But before that happens, the spacecraft will make a series of dives between Saturn and its rings, sending photographs and other information back to Earth.

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