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Cassini–Huygens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cassini–Huygens is a joint NASA ASI spacecraft mission studying the planet Saturn and its many natural satellites since 2004. Launched in 1997 after nearly two ...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Cassini Solstice Mission
Outreach Manager: Alice Wessen Editor: Kirk Munsell Science Writer: Enrico Piazza Webmaster: Allan Yu JPL Clearance: CL02-2452

NASA - Cassini
Both timely and timeless, the images returned from the Cassini spacecraft often allow us to pause and to wonder. Scientists picked these standout views to be the ...

Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625 – September 14, 1712) was an Italian / French mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer. Cassini, also known as ...

Cassini Information
The Cassini Orbiter's mission consists of delivering a probe (called Huygens, provided by ESA) to Titan, and then remaining in orbit around Saturn for ...

Cassini Solstice Mission: Introduction - NASA - Home
Cassini completed its initial four-year mission to explore the Saturn System in June 2008 and the first extended mission, called the Cassini Equinox Mission in ...

Cassini - Views of the Solar System
Saturn and Titan will be the destination of the Cassini mission, a project under development by NASA, the ESA and the ISA. Titan boasts organic chemistry that may ...

Solar System Exploration: Missions: By Target: Saturn: Present ...
Goals: Cassini was designed to explore the Saturnian system from orbit: the planet and its atmosphere, rings and magnetosphere, and its moons, particularly ...

Cassini - USGS Astrogeology Hot Topics
On Sept. 10, the Cassini spacecraft performs its closest flyby during the entire mission of the odd moon Iapetus, passing by about 1,640 kilometers (1,000 miles).

Missions - Cassini - NASA Science
Follow Cassini on Twitter. In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known “northern lights ...

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NASA

Rings and Enceladus
NASA
A crescent Enceladus appears with Saturn's rings in this Cassini spacecraft view of the moon. The famed jets of water ice emanating from the south polar region of the moon are faintly visible here. They appear as a small white blur below the dark south ...
Our Universe: Here and ThereWeather Channel

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California's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Catherine Mitchell, 16, of Oceanside and Cecilia Cassini, 12, of Encino today were named California's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of ...

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Universe Today

Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the sizes and patterns of dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary as a function of altitude and latitude. A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency ...
NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Sees the Two Faces of Titan's DunesClarksville Online
Cassini Takes a Closer Look at Titan's Sand DunesUniverse Today
Titan Sand Dunes Reveal Clues of Saturn Moon's PastLiveScience.com
Newstrack India
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Los Angeles Times

Staff of Miramonte replaced pending sex abuse inquiry
Los Angeles Times
"My trust level is at zero," Cassini Quarles, the mother of a third-grader, said outside the meeting, which was held at a nearby high school. The staffing shake-up marks an attempt to rebuild community confidence as detectives and school officials ...
Los Angeles school removes staff amid sex abuse scandalBBC News

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Daily Mail

Cassini's radar observes Titan's tropical dune fields
Space Daily
Now detailed analysis of radar observations gathered during the Cassini spacecraft's flybys of cloud-shrouded Titan is enabling scientists to understand the distribution, shape and dimension of its exotic dunes. Most people are familiar with the piles ...
Regional variations observed amongst Titan's dunesZee News
Beauty of Dunes on TitanSci-News.com
Dunes on Saturn Moon Reveal Clues to Its EnvironmentVoice of America

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PhysOrg.com

Cassini sees the two faces of Titan's Dunes
PhysOrg.com
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the sizes and patterns of dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary as a function of altitude and latitude. (PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the ...
Orbiting probe finds the 300-foot dunes of Saturn's moon Titan are eerily ...Daily Mail
Scientists see new climate clues on Saturn's moon TitanAlaska Dispatch
Stare into the soul of Saturn's mysterious hexagonal cloud systemio9

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NASA

Dione on a Diagonal
NASA
Saturn and Dione appear askew in this Cassini spacecraft view, with the north poles rotated to the right, as if they were threaded along on the thin diagonal line of the planet's rings. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Dione (698 miles, ...
Dione and Mimas have a mutual eventDiscover Magazine (blog)
Dione on a skewerSen - Space exploration network
Dune fields on Titan, Saturn's large moonEarthSky
New Scientist (blog)
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Scientific American

NASA looking at Cassini radio problems
UPI.com
13 (UPI) -- NASA says it's conducting diagnostic tests on its Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn after its signal was not detected during a tracking pass in late December. The spacecraft has been communicating with Earth using a backup radio system, ...
Welcome DisruptionNASA
Explaining Titan's Alien Weather SystemScientific American (blog)
Setback in JPL's Saturn missionPasadena Sun

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NZ showjumping champs this weekend
Horsetalk
Christchurch's Ross Smith and Quite Cassini, and Ashburton's Susie Hayward and Andretti, will hold the hopes of the South Island in the Bayer Senior Horse Grand Prix. Both come into the competition on the back of a string of successful results.

Discovery News

A Portrait of Saturn's Hazy Moon Titan: Big Pic
Discovery News
30, the Cassini spacecraft executed a flyby maneuver of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, passing within 19340 miles (31130 km) of its surface. This color composite image of the cloud-covered moon was created by combining raw data acquired with Cassini's ...