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Saying Goodbye

Featured on September 15, 2017

The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission to the Saturn system on September 15, when it plunged into the giant planet's atmosphere. One of its final views of the planet was this image of the moon Enceladus setting behind Saturn's limb. Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004, and staged hundreds of passes by Enceladus, Titan, and some of the other moons. [NASA/JPL/SSI]

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