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Cassini spacecraft's 20 year journey - why is it important?

Artist's concept of Cassini diving between Saturn and its innermost ring
Artist's concept of Cassini diving between Saturn and its innermost ring Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

20 years ago American space agency NASA sent a spacecraft called Cassini to space. For the last 13 years, it has been sending back more than 450,000 photos and 635 gigabyte of information from the planet Saturn. Scientist crashed the spacecraft into Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September as its mission came to an end. Perth Astrophysicist Dr Rajan Chhetri spoke to SBS Nepali about the importance of the information received from Cassini.


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20 years ago American space agency NASA sent a spacecraft called Cassini to space. For the last 13 years, it has been sending back more than 450,000 photos and 635 gigabyte of information from the planet Saturn. Scientist crashed the spacecraft into Saturn's atmosphere on 15 September as its mission came to an end. Perth Astrophysicist Dr Rajan Chhetri spoke to SBS Nepali about the importance of the information received from Cassini.



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