Cassini Reaches Saturn.

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:20 am

I don't know if any of you have been following the Cassini mission, but on thursday it finally made it into orbit around Saturn.

There are some good pics on the NASA site:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/i ... /index.cfm

Or you can view the raw image data here:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/i ... /index.cfm

The raw image data is alot to search through but there are some really cool pics in there. Here are a few:
Saturn:

Phobe:

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:42 am

How long did it take it to make it there?

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:48 am

It launched on October 15th, 1997. So about 6 years and 9 months. The mission is planned to go on for many more years.