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This artist’s concept shows an over-the-shoulder view of Cassini making one of its Grand Finale dives over Saturn.
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Illustration of spacecraft over Saturn.
Cassini Grand Finale Concept 3
This plot shows results from Cassini's ion neutral mass spectrometer and cosmic dust analyzer, obtained during the spacecraft's close approach to Enceladus on July 14, 2005.
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A plot showing results from Cassini's ion neutral mass spectrometer and cosmic dust analyzer, obtained during the spacecraft's close approach to Enceladus on July 14, 2005
Water Vapor & Particles Over Enceladus
The University of Arizona’s commemorative poster celebrating OSIRIS-REx’s departure from asteroid Bennu.
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illustrated poster of the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx departing the asteroid Bennu
OSIRIS-REx Bennu Departure Poster
This animated movie shows the simulated solar wind velocity from March 21 to May 10, 2013. 
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This animated movie shows the simulated solar wind velocity from March 21 to May 10, 2013.
Animation of Spaceweather Predictors 2
This schematic graphic illustrates the bombardments that lead to colorful splotches and bands on the surfaces of several icy moons of Saturn. The arrow indicating the orbital motion of the moon is ...
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This schematic graphic illustrates the bombardments that lead to colorful splotches and bands on the surfaces of several icy moons of Saturn.
Moons Under Bombardment
This still is from a short computer-animated film that highlights Cassini's accomplishments and Saturn and reveals the science-packed final orbits between April and September 2017.
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Cassini entering atmosphere
Entering Atmosphere 2
This figure shows shifting stratospheric temperatures obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft between 2005 (left) to 2008 (right). The difference between the temperatures is shown in the middle, with...
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This figure shows shifting stratospheric temperatures obtained by Cassini between 2005 (left) to 2008 (right)
Changing Temperatures in Saturn's stratosphere
Atmospheric Motion
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Atmospheric Motion
Atmospheric Motion
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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Artist's rendition of Cassini through the rings
Ring Crossing: Cassini Grand Finale (Artist's Concept)
This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea. The global maps show the colorful splotches and ba...
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This set of enhanced-color maps made from data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show Saturn's moons Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione and Rhea.
Enhanced-Color Maps of Saturn Inner Moons
​On the final orbit, Cassini will plunge into Saturn fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth as it transmits its farewell. In the skies of Saturn, the journey ends, as Cassini becomes part of...
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Short animation depicting Cassini's entry in the atmosphere.
Cassini's Final Plunge
+ Related Interactive: Anatomy of a Flyby This graphic shows the trajectory for the Cassini spacecraft during its close brush with the icy outpost of Enceladus on March 12, 2008. At closet appro...
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Graphic of Cassini trajectory -- Enceladus flyby, March 12, 2008
Enceladus Flyby - March 12, 2008
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, Aug. 17 -- the final close flyby of this icy satellite during the spacecraft's long mission.
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Artist's rendition of Dione flyby
Dione Flyby (D-5) - Aug. 17, 2015
In this computer-generated artist's concept, the Cassini spacecraft is shown breaking apart after entering Saturn's atmosphere.
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Illustration of spacecraft breaking apart above Saturn.
Breakup (Illustration)
Animated view of the last seven years of Cassini orbits.
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Animated view of spacecraft orbits
Solstice Mission Orbits (2010-2017): Cassini Grand Finale (Artist's Concept)
Frigid and alien, yet similar to our own planet billions of years ago, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has a thick atmosphere, organic-rich chemistry and a surface shaped by rivers and lakes of liqui...
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Artist's rendition of journey to Titan
Titan Travel Poster
Until recently, Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus was thought to be cold and dead. But close observations by the Cassini spacecraft have revealed dramatic features and made this frozen world a new targe...
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Artwork for the feature Saturns Moons Explorer -- Enceladus
Saturn Moons Explorer -- Enceladus
+ Version without labels Cassini shot past the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Aug. 11, 2008, acquiring a set of seven high-resolution images targeting known jet source locations on the mo...
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Enceladus
Baghdad and Cairo Sulci on Enceladus (labeled)
The faint dot in the upper right is Neptune's tiny moon Hippocamp.
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Faint image showing moons of Neptune.
Neptune's Moon Hippocamp
From infrared images that show variations in brightness and texture, a geological map of the circular feature, thought to be a volcano, has been obtained using Cassini's visual and infrared mapping...
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Geologic Map of Titan Volcano
Geologic Map of Titan Volcano
This still is from a short computer-animated film that highlights Cassini's accomplishments and Saturn and reveals the science-packed final orbits between April and September 2017.
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Backlit Saturn
Backlit Saturn
In lab experiments NASA scientists matched the spectral signature of an unknown material the Cassini spacecraft detected in Titan's atmosphere at far-infrared wavelengths.
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Titan's vibrating aerosol molecules
Vibrating Aerosol Molecules on Titan
This computer-generated animation shows all of Cassini's orbits - affectionaly called the "ball of yarn" by mission planners.
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A computer-generated representation of all Cassini's Saturn orbits - affection called the "ball of yarn" by mission planners.
The Ball of Yarn: Cassini's Orbits
This graphic represents a possible model for mechanisms that could generate the water vapor and tiny ice particles detected by Cassini over the southern polar terrain on Enceladus. This model shows...
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This graphic represents a possible model for mechanisms that could generate the water vapor and tiny ice particles detected by Cassini over the southern polar terrain on Enceladus.
Modeling 'Warm' Ice on Enceladus
Cassini, namesake of the Cassini Orbiter, discovered four moons of Saturn and the large gap in Saturn's rings, now called the Cassini division. He also was the first director of the Paris Observato...
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Cassini, namesake of the Cassini Orbiter, with Birthday celebration
Happy Birthday to Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Born June 8, 1625

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