The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini–Huygens mission ends in a ‘Grand Finale’ this month, after 13 years in orbit around Saturn. The ESA and NASA JPL project scientists Nicolas Altobelli, Linda J. Spilker and Scott G. Edgington give an overview of the last moments of Cassini’s operational lifetime.
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Altobelli, N., Spilker, L.J. & Edgington, S.G. Cassini’s swan song. Nat Astron 1, 560 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0239-5
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