Oct. 15, 1997: A rocket takes #Cassini and a probe into space. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/XglXtYjcUT
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Oct. 15, 1997: A rocket takes #Cassini and a probe into space. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/XglXtYjcUT
1998-99: #Cassini completes two Venus flybys to increase its speed. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/63DyydLcgg
Aug. 18, 1999: #Cassini passes within 700 miles of Earth. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/X2iqg2Ku7j
Dec. 1999-April 2000: #Cassini takes five months to cross the asteroid belt. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/M299qrn8Mh
Dec. 30, 2000: #Cassini comes with 6.2 million miles of Jupiter. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/4aq8bk7VpE
June 30, 2004: #Cassini becomes the first spacecraft to ever orbit Saturn. Spends 12 years studying rings and moons. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/wvYmwQVsOL
Jan. 14, 2005: Probe leaves #Cassini to land on Saturn’s largest moon. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/i2Nou10gU4
April 22, 2017: #Cassini starts 22 polar orbits of Saturn inside its rings. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt pic.twitter.com/zCxn8C8nqQ
Sept. 15, 2017: #Cassini plunges into Saturn’s atmosphere and burns up. http://usat.ly/2x47Sqt #GrandFinalepic.twitter.com/aet8DHy1f9
Cassini will be remembered forever. RIP
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