Cassini Goes Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before
For the probe, it’s one dive down between Saturn and its rings, 21 more to go before the end of its mission.
A few minutes before midnight in California, Cassini called home.
The spacecraft had been out of contact with Earth for about 41 hours, its large antenna pointed away from its home planet. This happens a few times a week as Cassini collects data around Saturn, fills up its recorders, and then turns back to stream the information
