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Cassini Completes Primary Mission to Saturn

Exactly four years ago the Cassini-Huygens mission reached the Saturnian system and entered orbit around the ringed planet, in order to make a series of observations that would astonish the world. It is probably one of the most successful robotic missions to one of the gas giants conducted by NASA and the ESA and was concluded yesterday, as the US space agency stated that the spacecraft had accomplished its primary objective and would embark on a two-year extended mission that would have the mai... Read »
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