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Revealing Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale (Video)

Source: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech
Published: September 28, 2016

Cassini mission leads Earl Maize and Linda Spilker talked about the spacecraft's epic journey and science - and the exciting two-part grand finale.

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