NASA's Cassini spacecraft burns up in skies over Saturn
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) " NASA's Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years.Confirmation of Cassini's expected demise came about 7:55 a.m. EDT. That's when radio signals from the spacecraft " its last scientific gifts to Earth " came to an abrupt halt. The radio waves went flat, and the spacecraft fell silent.Cassini actually burned up like a meteor 83 minutes [...]
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