Cassini ship's schedule of suicide mission

The Cassini spacecraft will end its 13-year journey to discover Saturn by suicide.

The Cassini spacecraft will carry out its final scientific mission to plunge into Saturn suicide on September 15, Popular Science reported on September 11.

Cassini has been on a mission to explore Saturn for 13 years.(Photo: NASA).

Cassini was launched into space in 1997. It took seven years to travel in the universe, the new ship to Saturn to carry out his mission. For the past 13 years, Cassini has consistently sent new images and data such as hidden moons, fountains, saltwater lakes or a massive storm at the northern end of Saturn.

However, Cassini is running out of fuel. Although the electrical equipment on the ship can continue to run thanks to radioactive isotope thermoelectric generators, scientists can continue to control Cassini.

Meanwhile, the ship is capable of crashing into two life-able moons orbiting Saturn, Titan and Enceladus, carrying Earth's bacteria.

To prevent this, NASA was forced to bid farewell to the ship with the ultimate scientific task of plowing through Saturn's atmosphere. In the final moments, Cassini will still collect and send new information about Saturn's atmosphere to Earth.

NASA also made the Cassini ship's final science mission schedule. Time may vary according to atmospheric conditions.

Cassini's final mission schedule.(Photo: Popular Science).

1. 2:04 pm on September 12 , Perpetual Cassini Titan, approached and used the force of the moon to make a dive into Saturn.
2. At 19:19 on September 13 , Earth began to receive Cassini's final data on Titan.
3. 2:58 pm on September 15 , Cassini's camera captures the final images, the subject of Saturn's clouds.
4. At 3:22 pm on September 15 , Cassini started sending all the data, including photos taken. The Earth will receive at 4:45. NASA intends to post these unedited images online.
5. 14.14 on September 15 , the ship moved into position to collect atmospheric data while plunging down, resetting the system to transmit data directly. The Earth will receive these data at around 11:37.
6. 17h31 on September 15 , Cassini entered Saturn's atmosphere.
7. At 5:32 pm on September 15 , Cassini's antenna turned away from Earth, disconnecting the signal. Soon after, the ship will ignite under high pressure and temperature of the Saturn atmosphere.
8. 18h - 19h30 on September 15 , NASA broadcast live spectacle at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory control area with comments on the mission.
9. 18h55 on September 15 , the Earth confirmed the loss of signal, Cassini ship officially ended the mission.