Cassini-Huygens is an unmanned interplanetary probe, built jointly by NASA, the European Union.
In August 2017, Cassini observed the night side of Saturn's moon Enceladus for 14 hours.
Just 18 days after these observations, Enceladus Cassini completed its mission.NASA specialists sent a probe into the atmosphere of Saturn, where the spacecraft, which had been exploring the planet for 13 years, disintegrated into its component parts under the influence of high temperatures.This decision was made because Cassini's fuel tanks were almost empty, and NASA believed that the spacecraftshould not drift uncontrollably around the planet and its moons. Three years after the spacecraft burned up in Saturn's atmosphere, scientists continue toanalyze the data it collected.
Enceladus is one of the most interesting sites forstudying the mission "Cassini". At just 500 km in diameter, the bright and icy Enceladus is too small and too far from the Sun to be active. However, this small moon with active geysers at the south pole is one of the most geologically dynamic objects in the solar system.
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