Sentences with phrase «grand finale dive»

«Cassini's first grand finale dive: Milestones.»

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Technically, Cassini began its Grand Finale orbits at this time, but since the excitement of the finale begins in earnest on April 26 with the first ultra-close dive past Saturn, the mission is celebrating the latter milestone as the formal beginning of the fFinale orbits at this time, but since the excitement of the finale begins in earnest on April 26 with the first ultra-close dive past Saturn, the mission is celebrating the latter milestone as the formal beginning of the ffinale begins in earnest on April 26 with the first ultra-close dive past Saturn, the mission is celebrating the latter milestone as the formal beginning of the finalefinale.

Now the last leg of the mission, which NASA calls the Grand Finale, flings the craft over Saturn's mysterious polar hexagon and into a series of daring dives between planet and rings.

The probe snapped the photo on April 26, the same day it began its «Grand Finale» phase of daring dives between Saturn's cloud tops and the planet's innermost rings.

Cassini Makes 8th Dive Through Saturn's Rings: The Cassini spacecraft has made its eighth dive between Saturn and its rings, documenting the planetary system up close as it prepares for its Grand Finale plunge into the gas giant on Sept.Dive Through Saturn's Rings: The Cassini spacecraft has made its eighth dive between Saturn and its rings, documenting the planetary system up close as it prepares for its Grand Finale plunge into the gas giant on Sept.dive between Saturn and its rings, documenting the planetary system up close as it prepares for its Grand Finale plunge into the gas giant on Sept. 15.

Cassini Saturn Probe Survives 1st «Grand Finale» Dive: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has survived its first plunge between Saturn's cloud tops and the giant planet's innermost rings, a region that no probe had ever explored before.

NASA Saturn Probe Will End Mission in Epic «Grand Finale»: Starting in late 2016, Cassini will zip between Saturn and its innermost ring a total of 22 times in a mission phase now known as the «Cassini Grand Finale,» which will end when the probe intentionally dives into Saturn's atmosphere in September 2017.

We've written a lot about Cassini's Grand Finale — the last phase of its mission, which consists of 22 dives Cassini is making between Saturn's cloud tops and its innermost rings — and the spacecraft's impending death.

Google Doodle Celebrates Cassini Probe's «Grand Finale» Saturn Dive: Today, Google is honoring NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn with an adorable Google Doodle featuring the spacecraft swooping between the planet and its rings.

Cassini's «Grand Finale» Dives Could Show How Quickly Saturn's Rings Will Fade: New research suggests Saturn's rings may last a billion years before fading away — and Cassini's ring dives will help test the thDives Could Show How Quickly Saturn's Rings Will Fade: New research suggests Saturn's rings may last a billion years before fading away — and Cassini's ring dives will help test the thdives will help test the theory.

As Cassini Makes 1st «Grand Finale» Dive, More Saturn Mysteries Remain: Running low on fuel, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has begun the final (and most daring) phase of its epic mission to Saturn.

Having completed 22 daring dives through the approximately 1,200 - mile (1,931 - kilometer) gap between the planet and its innermost ring, Cassini's Grand Finale was able to do groundbreaking science in a region of space no spacecraft has ever been before.

This illustration shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft about to make one of its dives between Saturn and its innermost rings as part of the mission's Grand Finale.

Cassini's first dive in its grand finale revealed the space between rings is largely free of dust particles.

We all knew this day was coming: 13 years since it entered orbit around Saturn, NASA's Cassini mission has begun final preparations for its grand finale — a spectacular series of dives which will culminate with the probe making one...