Cassini, the spacecraft sent by Nasa to explore Saturn and one of its moon named Titan would likely to complete its 127th and last close approach to Titan on coming April 21 and flyby at an altitude of about 979 Km above the moon surface.
At this moment Cassini and its radar system is expected to send Earth a set of very rare images of Titan. The Nasa team Astromers are really curious as they are going to gather some more information and data about Titan that enable a good study about the composition of Titan's surface.
Since Cassini comes closer to Titan, the moon's gravity naturally diverts its path and that may cause its plunge into Saturn's atmosphere around September 15th of this year. So, it's 20 year long expedition comes to an end this year.
Linda Spilker, the mission's project scientist at NASA's jet Propulsion Lab in US said that rich volume of sent by the spacecraft would fuel scientific study for decades to come.
At this moment Cassini and its radar system is expected to send Earth a set of very rare images of Titan. The Nasa team Astromers are really curious as they are going to gather some more information and data about Titan that enable a good study about the composition of Titan's surface.
Since Cassini comes closer to Titan, the moon's gravity naturally diverts its path and that may cause its plunge into Saturn's atmosphere around September 15th of this year. So, it's 20 year long expedition comes to an end this year.
Linda Spilker, the mission's project scientist at NASA's jet Propulsion Lab in US said that rich volume of sent by the spacecraft would fuel scientific study for decades to come.
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