Cassini's continued mission


	Cassini's continued mission
JohnWaterman
4-20-2009 3:32 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ad609f22-6297-43bc-94b0-e5306ffb8e3e/81743CEF-E35A-46C4-B815-FE46B431CEB5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/27B10022-51F6-4A05-8BF2-253D055CBD98" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">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</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/6DEB1399-A39C-4275-BBE1-B0EB061E3D38" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">Pan, a small ring-embedded moon (28 km/17 mi wide) coasts into view from behind Saturn</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/41D88C86-C16B-4FEA-8793-D77186FA7121" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">Rhea</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/AB6D2E18-9CB3-4E2C-8191-914F613747B9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"> taken during Cassini's close approach to the moon Iapetus in Sept. 2007</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/397729A2-1AB0-423A-8A58-28B6C0BA41F7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/91ABADB2-806C-41C8-AE72-9C2982CB49D2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">Rhea passes in front of Saturn's larger, hazy moon Titan</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/43850B5F-5D43-4A31-A10B-92C3EDDE1CA5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">Pan and Prometheus creating features in nearby rings</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/1C513303-940F-4CF8-B358-0753495944E0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/3C54C769-E1C5-48D2-B180-3E06EB557EC3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html">Saturn's high north is a seething cauldron of activity</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/73FF665F-321E-44E6-A3A6-921F205E003F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"> stars provide a serene background in this view of Enceladus</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/324DE80A-8360-49EC-A850-64AA2B8DDDA5" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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