NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has successfully traveled between Saturn and its rings
NASA has confirmed that its Cassini spacecraft has dived through the gap between Saturn and its rings. The journey marks the first-time an Earth-built object has navigated the space between the planet and its halo of dust and rocks, and comes as the probe (which has been circling Saturn for the last 13 years) enters its final orbit of the gas giant.The dive itself took place yesterday morning at around 5AM ET, but NASA couldn’t confirm that Cassini made it through unscathed until 3AM ET to
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