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Cassini Facebook Q&A

Link to Facebook live event.
Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech
Published: January 31, 2017

Project Scientist Linda Spilker (left) and Mission Planner Molly Bittner (right) answer questions about Cassini's Ring-Grazing orbits during this Jan. 30, 2017 Facebook Live event. This page is an archive of the broadcast.

The archive of the broadcast is available here: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/videos/10154861046561772/

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