There really is something emotionally compelling about space probes in general.

Anyway cassini is gonna dive into saturn on the 15th, after orbiting the planet since 2004.

As Cassini enters the atmosphere, the attitude control thrusters are gonna do their very best to keep the antenna pointing towards earth, transmitting data as for long as is possible to send. I think that's really beautiful

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