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...when the signal came down that the ship's fire had been lit. For the next hour and a half, the room was largely quiet. It was not until 9:12 that the same engineer spoke the words that meant the engine firing was over and the spacecraft had survived...
...spacecraft that had spent nearly seven years in flight and journeyed more than 2.2 billion miles to get where it was going, the Cassini-Huygens Saturn probe did a funny thing when it closed in on the ringed planet last week...
...better. Although Cassini will never again be as close to the rings as it was last week, it took only black-and-white pictures on the way into orbit. From now on, it will shoot between 100 and 200 images a day, most of them in color. The spacecraft will assemble mosaics of the rings, photographing them section by section and arranging the pictures in sequence from the center of the bands...
...Cosmos With its concise and easy-to-understand explanations of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, this site is geared towards both science-loving kids as well as those interested in this landmark in space exploration...
...Universe in the Classroom Contains basic information about the spacecraft's journey to Saturn, its history and objectives. Also includes tools for educators who would like to teach their students about the exploration. From NASA's presentations and slide sets to the gingerbread Cassini model, there is something available for every grade...