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The published discovery was retracted a few hours later and republished the next day under the correct name of S/2007 S 5. It was discovered by the Cassini Imaging Team [1] in images taken on 30 May 2007. [2] Once the discovery was made, a search of older Cassini images revealed it in observations from as far back as June 2004. It was first ...
The photomosaic from NASA's "Wave at Saturn" campaign. The collage includes some 1,600 photos taken by members of the public on The Day the Earth Smiled. The Day the Earth Smiled is a composite photograph taken by the NASA spacecraft Cassini on July 19, 2013. During an eclipse of the Sun, the spacecraft turned to image Saturn and most of its ...
Mars 4 August 2007 25 May 2008 landed: 296 days (9 months, 22 days) Collected soil samples near Mars' north pole to elucidate the history of water on Mars. Mission concluded 10 November 2008. [68] Dawn: Asteroid 4 Vesta: 27 September 2007 16 July 2011 entered orbit: 1388 days (3 years, 9 months, 19 days) Departed Vesta for 1 Ceres 5 September ...
'Let these images -- and those to come -- remind you that we’ve lived a bold and daring adventure.' NASA spacecraft captures beautiful photos of Saturn orbit change Skip to main content
Cassini–Huygens (/ k ə ˈ s iː n i ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / kə-SEE-nee HOY-gənz), commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft sent back images looking over the shoulder of Saturn's rings. See more on Saturn's rings: No telescope on this planet would ever have been able to see this.
Titan IV(401)B Centaur-T [18] NASA: Orbiter Successful Huygens: ESA: Titan lander Successful Entered orbit 1 July 2004. First probe to orbit Saturn. Discovered seven new moons. Hyugens probe became the first spacecraft to land on Titan with the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft ever made.
Mars Hope: 19 July 2020 Mars orbiter [477] Tianwen-1 (Zhurong rover) 23 July 2020 Mars orbiter, lander, and rover [478] Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter) 30 July 2020 Mars rover and helicopter drone; first powered flight on another planet [479] [480] [481] Chang'e 5: 23 November 2020 Lunar sample return [405] [482] Lucy ...