Cassini–Huygens - Wikipedia Cassini–Huygens ( kəˈsiːni ˈhɔɪɡənz 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
Cassini-Huygens - NASA Science For more than a decade, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shared the wonders of Saturn, its spectacular rings, and its family of icy moons Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons in unprecedented detail
ESA - Cassini-Huygens overview The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was one of the largest, heaviest and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever built, weighing in at 5 6 tonnes and measuring 6 7 m high and more than 4 m wide
Cassini-Huygens - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Orbiting the ringed planet Saturn and its numerous moons, the Cassini spacecraft had been a keystone of exploration of the Saturnian system and the properties of gaseous planets in our solar system
Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Wikipedia Giovanni Domenico Cassini[a] (8 June 1625 – 14 September 1712) was an Italian-French [1] mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer
Eight Mind-Expanding Discoveries Made by NASAs Cassini Mission NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn for thirteen years, gathering data about the planet, its many unique moons, and its mysterious rings Now it is poised to make a final dive into the planet's atmosphere