NASA's Cassini spacecraft is now a nearly a year into its extended
mission, called Cassini Equinox (after its initial 4-year mission
ended in June, 2008). The spacecraft continues to operate in good
health, returning amazing images of Saturn, its ring system and
moons, and providing new information and science on a regular basis.
The mission's name, "Equinox" comes from the upcoming Saturnian
equinox in August, 2009, when its equator (and rings) will point
directly toward the Sun. The Equinox mission runs through September
of 2010, with the possibility of further extensions beyond that.
Collected here are 24 more intriguing images from our ringed neighbor.
<http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html>Link
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