In its final three days of existence, the Cassini space probe is ensuring that NASA is really going to miss it by delivering a series of stunning photographs that required getting closer to Saturn than ever before.
On Monday, the probe flew within 120,000 km of the giant moon Titan (normally it sits at an altitude more like 790,052 miles or 1,000,000 kilometres above), an encounter that bent the craft’s trajectory just enough to start it on the fateful collision course.
Now nothing can stop the death plunge, as Cassini will be melted by Saturn’s atmosphere and disappear forever.
NASA
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