Crashing Into Saturn: This Cassini Mission Is the Most Epic Yet | Short Film Showcase

a lone explorer on a mission to reveal the grandeur of Saturn its rings and moons [Music] after 20 years in space NASA's Cassini spacecraft is running out of fuel and so to protect moons of Saturn that could have conditions suitable for life a spectacular end has been planned for this long-lived traveller from Earth [Music] we have planted the tower in 2004 following a seven-year journey through the solar system Cassini arrived at Saturn burn habitat under 20 position light up the Rockets the spacecraft carried a passenger the European Huygens probe the first human-made object to land on a world in the distant outer solar system for over a decade Cassini has shared the wonders of Saturn and its family of icy moons taking us to astounding worlds where methane rivers run to a methane see where Jets of ice and gas are blasting material into space from a liquid water ocean that might Harbor the ingredients for life and Saturn a giant world ruled by raging storms and delicate harmonies of gravity now Cassini has one last daring assignment Cassini's grand finale is a brand new adventure 22 dives through the space between Saturn and its rings as it repeatedly Braves this unexplored region Cassini seeks new insights about the origins of the rings and the nature of the planets interior closer to Saturn than ever before [Music] on the final orbit Cassini will plunge into Saturn fighting to keep its antenna pointed at earth as it transmits its farewell [Music] in the skies of Saturn the journey ends [Music] as Cassini becomes part of the planet itself [Music] [Music] [Music]

Channel: National Geographic

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Length: 3min 55sec (235 seconds)

Published: Thu May 04 2017

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[u/zeeblecroid]

It's a little pathetic of National Geographic to go full 9gag and just slap their own watermark on JPL's original video.