Cassini spacecraft successfully flies between Saturn and its planet

NASA has successfully tested the Cassini spacecraft with a flight between Saturn and its planet.

The cassini Cassini – Huygens spacecraft is a robotic spaceship cooperated with NASA with ESA and ASI to perform its task of studying Saturn and its natural satellites.

The ship consists of two main modules: the Cassini orbiter designed and built by NASA, named after the French Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and the Huygens developed by ESA, named after the mathematician, celestial Dutch literature and physics Christiaan Huygens.

Cassini spacecraft image with a flight between Saturn and its planet.

Cassini – Huygens was launched on October 15, 1997. After a 17-year interplanetary voyage, she reached orbit around Saturn on 1 July 2004. On December 25, 2004, the Huygens explorer ship was separated from Cassini at the time. 02:00 UTC.

The ship arrived at Titan Moon on January 14, 2005, as it descended into Titan's atmosphere, hitting the surface of the moon, then sending scientific information back to Earth using magnetic controls. far away (telemetry).

Video: Cassini spacecraft flies between Saturn and its planet.

On April 18, 2008, NASA announced an increase in funding for the ground operations of the mission, and the mission was renamed the Cassini Rating Mission. In February 2010, again the mission was expanded and could continue until 2017.

Cassini was the first expedition ship to fly around Saturn and the fourth to visit Saturn.

And on April 25, NASA successfully completed its journey around Saturn to open up new research on extraterrestrial life.