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Ring Crossing: Cassini Grand Finale (Artist's Concept)

Artist's rendition of Cassini through the rings
Source: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech
Published: February 10, 2017

An artist's concept of the Cassini spacecraft crossing Saturn's ring plane during one of the mission's final orbit.

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