NASA released new images of Saturn’s moon – Dione. They sent for the last time a space station “Cassini”. After 11 years in orbit the planet mission unit completed in 2 years, the BBC reported.
«Cassini” approach to a distance of 500 km from the moon’s surface. For this was the fifth rapprochement with Dione. “Cassini” recent work carries its space program, before in 2017, when the machine runs out of fuel reserve, and he was sent into the atmosphere of Saturn. During reduction station will overheat, melts and eventually destroyed by strong pressure.
The NASA decided to complete it in a similar way to the wreckage of the station were not included in the future on other moons of Saturn – Enceladus and Titan. Scientists admit the probability of life on these moons, and they do not want to prevent the ingress of bacteria on them from the Earth, as it may sound, this fantastic version.
«Cassini” gave another batch of Croesus. It’s very exciting to see the photographs of the surface of Dione and realize that this distant world, we will not see for a long time “, – said the head of the group visualization Carolyn Porco. Scientists named the rapprochement with Dione “beginning of a long goodbye».
Soon “Cassini” overflew near Enceladus, and the following year with Jupiter will approach the space station, “Juno”, and in 2030-ies to leave space Station JUICE European Space Agency.
The Cassini-Huygens – automatic spacecraft (AMC), established jointly by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. “Cassini-Huygens” is designed to study the planet Saturn, its rings and satellites. The complex consists of the orbital station “Cassini” and reentry vehicle with automatic station “Huygens”, designed for landing on Titan.
The device was launched on October 15, 1997. July 1, 2004 after braking entered orbit around Saturn. December 25 the same year, the lander separated from the space station, and January 14, 2005 entered into Titan’s atmosphere, ensuring a soft landing of the automatic station on the surface. Initially, the mission was planned before 2008, but subsequently extended until the summer of 2010. February 3, 2010 it was announced that a further extension of the program until 2017.
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