Cassini Sends Back Postcards Of Saturn Moons

This image of Saturn's moon Helene was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 31, 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2011
On Jan. 31, 2011, NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by several of Saturn's intriguing moons, snapping images along the way. Cassini passed within about 60,000 kilometers (37,282 miles) of Enceladus and 28,000 kilometers (17,398 miles) of Helene.

It also caught a glimpse of Mimas in front of Saturn's rings. In one of the images, Cassini is looking at the famous jets erupting from the south polar terrain of Enceladus.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.

Share This Article With Planet Earth

del.icio.us	Digg	Reddit
YahooMyWeb	Google	Facebook

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

Cassini To Probe Rhea For Clues To Saturn Rings
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2011
Saturn's icy moon Rhea might seem a strange place to look for clues to understanding the vast majestic rings encircling Saturn. But that's what NASA's Cassini spacecraft plans to do on its next flyby of Rhea. At closest approach, Cassini will pass within about 69 kilometers (43 miles) of the surface at 4:53 AM UTC on Tuesday, Jan. 11, which is 10:53 PM Pacific Time on Monday, Jan. 10. This ... read more

Sugar prices fall back from 30-year peak

Australia cyclone could cost farming at least $500 million

Innovation Of The Week: Giving Farmers A Reason To Stay

Philippines rice 2010 farm output hit by weather

UMD Advance Lights Possible Path To Creating Next Gen Computer Chips

Samsung offers full refund for Intel chip

Silicon Oxide Gets Into The Electronics Action On Computer Chips

Toshiba returns to black for December quarter

Electronic devices seen as airplane threat

China refutes the J-20 uses F-117 copies

Asia budget carriers eye social media to cut costs

US, Canada defend F-35 fighter jet

Mitsubishi to launch eight new green cars by 2016

GM sees car sales growth slowing in China and India

Daimler wants Berlin to fund e-car buys

Nissan turning over a new Leaf with all-electric car

Argentine commodities suffer over strike

Brazil industry losing market share to China: group

Argentina, Brazil pledge joint projects

Australian jailed in China as spy: Canberra

Forests could start growing again: UN expert

Indonesia makes startling admission on forests

Concern at British plan to rent out forests

Timber smuggling rife in Kashmir

CryoSat Ice Data Now Open To All

First Results Of Cluster's Auroral Acceleration Campaign

GOES-13 Satellite Sees Groundhog's Day On Ice

Eruption Of Colima Volcano

Curved Carbon For Electronics Of The Future

New Research Shows How Light Can Control Electrical Properties Of Graphene

EPA to defer greenhouse gas permitting

Obama to regulate carbon from power plants

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement