Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

NASA continues to uncover new discoveries wherever it deploys its technology. A few years ago, it discovered that the Cassini ...

Undoubtedly, of the wonders of the solar system, Saturn's angelic rings stand out as a fan-favorite. And in 1997, with its eye on the prize, the Cassini spacecraft embarked on a seven year voyage to ...

On Dec. 31, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew by Iapetus, Saturn’s third largest moon. Iapetus was discovered by the ...

The Cassini-Huygens mission, a collaborative endeavor between NASA, ESA, and ASI, was an unprecedented project designed for sustained exploration of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, following ...

PASADENA, California—It’s been 20 years since NASA launched its Cassini spacecraft into our solar system, with the mysterious gas giant Saturn as its destination. Receive emails about upcoming NOVA ...

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is whipping through a double-header at Saturn to catch an up-close glimpse of two of the ringed planet's moons — the icy Enceladus and the cloud-covered Titan. The fortuitous ...

A photo exciting space enthusiasts that has been called “the closest picture from inside Saturn’s rings” taken by the Cassini Spacecraft is actually a four-year-old artist rendering of Saturn's rings.

Clues about the transparency of Saturn's rings were in Cassini's data all along. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Undoubtedly, of ...