Cassini est arrivé sur Saturne en juillet 2004 et a passé plus de 13 ans à étudier la planète. La mission a été remarquée pour ses nombreuses découvertes importantes, y compris des études détaillées de la plus grande lune de Saturne, Titan, et la découverte de geysers provenant d’une autre lune, Encelade. Le vaisseau spatial porte le nom de l’astronome italo-français Giovanni Domenico Cassini, qui a fait de nombreuses découvertes importantes sur Saturne. Crédit : NASA/JPL
avec le[{ » attribute= » »>Cassini spacecraft, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, safely in orbit around Saturn, science takes center stage, beginning with the dramatic descent of the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe to the surface of Saturn’s shrouded moon Titan.
For some scientists, Titan has been a higher priority for exploration than even Saturn itself. That’s because Titan may resemble what Earth was like billions of years ago. There, Huygens and Cassini will find lakes and seas of liquid methane and signs of volcanos gushing out icy water from an ocean hidden beneath Titan’s icy shell. And whenever water is mentioned, it’s not long before the question is raised: “Is this a place that could possibly support life?” The same question will be asked about Saturn’s moon Enceladus, where geysers were found to be spewing water ice particles out into space. These are but two of the unexpected discoveries made by this international mission that won over the hearts of millions worldwide while fundamentally altering the way we view our solar system.
Racontant l’histoire de la mission Cassini de la NASA, c’est le dernier d’une série de documentaires.[{ » attribute= » »>JPL and the Space Age.” These films use rare archival footage and interviews with pioneering engineers and scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in retelling of many of humanity’s first steps into the cosmos. Credit: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL and the Space Age Video Series
