Titan Lithograph

On October 15, 1997, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched on an almost 7-year journey to the Saturn system. On its way, Cassini– Huygens passes Venus (twice), Earth, and Jupiter — arriving a...

The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida at 4:43 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1:43 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) on October 15, 1997, aboard a Titan IVB w...

This free NASA e-Book celebrates Saturn as seen through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft. 

On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn’s shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its rings — and, in the backgroun...

Cassini–Huygens is a robotic spacecraft: that means that Cassini– Huygens is controlled by people on Earth.​ 

Enceladus (pronounced en-SELL-ah-dus) is an icy moon of Saturn with remarkable activity near its south pole. Covered in water ice that reflects sunlight like freshly fallen snow, Enceladus reflects...

Launched in 1997 on a nearly seven-year journey, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft arrives at the ringed planet on July 1, 2004, for a four-year scientific tour of the Saturn system.​ 

Because the rockets we now have are not large enough to send a spacecraft as massive as Cassini–Huygens directly to Saturn, and because the spacecraft cannot carry enough fuel to take it directly f...

This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

This illustration shows the position of NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, outside of the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager ...

One of InSight's 7-foot (2.2 meter) wide solar panels seen from the lander's Instrument Deployment Camera.

A partial view of the deck of NASA's InSight lander, where it stands on the Martian plains Elysium Planitia. The image was received on Dec. 4, 2018 (Sol 8).

InSight's instrument deck and Elysium Planitia as seen from the spacecraft's robotic-arm mounted camera.

A composite image of MU69 taken a month before New Horizon's Jan. 1, 2019 flyby.

My name is Mana. Europa is my favorite It is that it is one of the very few places in our solar system that could potentially have life.

Hello, my name is Janelle. I think the best topic is number 2, Titan.

Hi, Everyone! My name's Morgan. My favorite topic is Enceladus.

Welcome to the Scientist for a Day 2018-2019 essay contest.

A Delta II-Heavy rocket propelled NASA's Dawn spacecraft into space on its journey to the asteroid belt. 

This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows asteroid Bennu in one full rotation from about  50 miles (80 km).

Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system.

This series of images from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures changing cloud formations across Jupiter's southern hemisphere. A cloud in the shape of a dolphin appears to be swimming through the cloud...

Pre-landing press kit for NASA's Mars InSight mission.

Pre-launch press kit for NASA's Mars InSight mission.

Jezero Crater is the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover.