NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn nears fiery finale
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn closed in on its fiery finish early Friday, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.Cassini was on course to plunge through Saturn's atmosphere and vaporize like a meteor. Flight controllers at California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory expect one last burst of scientific data from Cassini, before the radio waves go flat " and the spacecraft falls silent.While saddened like everyone else, program manager Earl Maize [...]
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