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	This false-color view, made on a previous flyby, shows that unlike other Saturn moons, the surface of Enceladus consists of entire regions that appear to be relatively crater-free. + More Enceladus Information

On July 14, the Cassini spacecraft conducted its closest flyby yet, coming within 175 kilometers (109 miles) from the surface of the wrinkled, icy moon, Enceladus.

During Cassini's first flyby of Enceladus, a tenuous atmosphere was detected in magnetic field data, which may imply internal activity. This atmosphere may help explain the source of Saturn's outermost E ring.

The icy surface of Enceladus appears to have similarities to both Europa and Ganymede -- two prominent icy satellites of Jupiter. Both Europa and Ganymede are thought to have subsurface water layers or "oceans," so the similarities with Enceladus are intriguing.

Enceladus at a Glance

Enceladus Flyby
Jul. 14, 2005

Distance
172 km (107 miles)

Speed
8.2 km/sec (18,343 mph)

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LATEST FLYBY IMAGES AND VIDEOS

Enceladus: The Plot Thickens

Enceladus: Global Patterns of Fracture (Southern Polar Projection)

Enceladus: North and South (Southern Polar Projection)

Enceladus: North and South (Northern Polar Projection)

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LATEST FLYBY NEWS

Date	Title
6/27/2008	Cassini to Earth: 'Mission Accomplished, but New Questions Await!'
6/16/2008	Students Chosen as Cassini Scientists for a Day
6/6/2008	Cassini Sees Collisions of Moonlets on Saturn's Ring
5/20/2008	Cassini Maps of Saturn's Moons Provide Guideposts for Future Explorers
4/29/2008	NASA Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm
4/17/2008	Saturn Images Showcased in New York City
4/15/2008	NASA Extends Cassini's Grand Tour of Saturn
4/3/2008	Want to be a Cassini Scientist for a Day?
3/26/2008	Cassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's Geyser Moon
3/20/2008	Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust
3/13/2008	Cassini Flies Through Watery Plumes of Saturn Moon
3/10/2008	Cassini Spacecraft to Dive Into Water Plume of Saturn Moon
3/6/2008	Saturn's Moon Rhea Also May Have Rings
2/19/2008	Cassini Finds Mingling Moons May Share a Dark Past
2/13/2008	Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth
1/31/2008	Journey to Saturn From Your Computer
1/3/2008	Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn
12/12/2007	Cassini Captures Best View Yet of Saturn's Ring Currents
12/12/2007	Planetary Scientists Close in on Saturn's Elusive Rotation
12/12/2007	Saturn's Rings May Be Old Timers
12/6/2007	Images of Saturn's Small Moons Tell the Story of Their Origins
12/5/2007	Cassini Team Recruits Next Generation of Scientists
11/28/2007	Organic 'Building Blocks' Discovered in Titan's Atmosphere
10/24/2007	First Known Belt of Moonlets in Saturn's Rings
10/23/2007	You, Too, Can Be a Scientist for a Day
10/15/2007	Inspiring Views Celebrate Cassini's Diamond Anniversary
10/11/2007	Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch
10/11/2007	Cassini Provides New Views of Titan's Land of Lakes and Seas
10/10/2007	Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources of Jets on Enceladus
10/9/2007	Caltech's Ingersoll Receives Achievement Award
10/8/2007	Cassini Is on the Trail of a Runaway Mystery
9/12/2007	Saturn's Moon Iapetus is the Yin-and-Yang of the Solar System
9/11/2007	Cassini Flies By Walnut-Shaped Moon Iapetus
9/5/2007	Cassini Prepares to Fly By Walnut-shaped Moon
8/2/2007	Cassini Finds Possible Origin of One of Saturn's Rings
7/17/2007	Saturn's Old Moon Iapetus Retains its Youthful Figure
7/4/2007	Cassini Scientists Wring Out The Details On Spongy Hyperion
7/4/2007	NASA Finds Hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Hyperion
6/14/2007	Cassini Finds Saturn Moons Are Active
5/22/2007	Cassini 'Cat Scan' Maps Clumps in Saturn's Rings
5/16/2007	Cracks on Enceladus Open and Close Under Saturn's Pull
5/16/2007	Frictional Heating Explains Plumes on Enceladus
5/10/2007	Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Evidence of Tholin Formation at High Altitudes in Titan's Atmosphere
5/8/2007	Cassini Finds that Storms Power Saturn's Jet Streams
3/27/2007	Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn
3/22/2007	Enceladus Geysers Mask the Length of Saturn's Day
3/13/2007	Cassini Spacecraft Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
3/12/2007	A Hot Start Might Explain Geysers on Enceladus
3/5/2007	Huygens landing site to be named after Hubert Curien
3/1/2007	Cassini Returns Never Before Seen Views of the Ringed Planet
2/1/2007	Cassini Images Mammoth Cloud Engulfing Titan's North Pole
12/29/2006	Cassini Sends End-of-Year Greetings from Across the Solar System
12/12/2006	Massive Mountain Range Imaged on Saturn's Moon Titan
11/9/2006	NASA Sees into the Eye of a Monster Storm on Saturn
10/11/2006	NASA Finds Saturn's Moons May Be Creating New Rings
10/11/2006	Saturn's Rings Show Evidence of a Modern-day Collision
10/11/2006	Cassini Image Shows Saturn Draped in a String of Pearls
10/5/2006	'Chinese Lantern' Technique Helps Track Clouds at Saturn
9/19/2006	Scientists Discover New Ring and Other Features at Saturn
9/14/2006	Cassini Detects Vast Ethane Cloud on Titan
7/27/2006	NASA Reports That Methane Drizzles on Saturn's Moon, Titan
7/27/2006	Cassini Finds Lakes on Titan's Arctic Region
7/27/2006	How the World Watched Huygens
7/25/2006	Titan's Pebbles 'Seen' by Huygens Radio
7/19/2006	Cassini Reveals Titan's Xanadu Region To Be an Earth-like Land
7/5/2006	Saturn's Faint Rings Share Some Of Their Secrets
6/27/2006	NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Marks Mission Halfway Point
6/21/2006	NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Captures Saturnian Moon Ballet
5/31/2006	NASA-funded Study Says Saturn's Moon Enceladus Rolled Over
5/4/2006	Titan's Seas Are Sand
5/4/2006	Cassini Offers New Hints on Length of Saturn's Day
5/4/2006	NASA and Partners Release New Movies of Titan
4/10/2006	Cassini-Huygens Team Receives Space Award
4/6/2006	New Cassini Image At Saturn Shows 'A' Ring Contains More Debris Than Once Believed
3/29/2006	Cassini Finds 'Missing Link' Moonlet Evidence in Saturn's Rings
3/9/2006	NASA's Cassini Discovers Potential Liquid Water on Enceladus
3/1/2006	Does Titan's methane originate from underground?
3/1/2006	Scientists Solve the Mystery of Methane in Titan's Atmosphere
1/12/2006	Huygens Landing: One Year Later
12/6/2005	Cassini's Photo Album From a Season of Icy Moons
12/6/2005	NASA's Cassini Images Reveal Spectacular Evidence of an Active Moon
10/26/2005	Cassini reveals more about Saturn's F ring
10/20/2005	Stormy Weather on Saturn's Moon Titan
10/17/2005	Cassini Views Dione, a Frigid Ice World
9/29/2005	Cassini's Doubleheader Flybys Score Home Run
9/16/2005	Cassini Radar Images Show Dramatic Shoreline on Titan
9/16/2005	Ghostly Spokes in Saturn's Rings Spotted by Cassini
8/30/2005	Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes are Really Cubs
8/5/2005	Cassini Flies by Saturn's Tortured Moon Mimas
7/29/2005	Cassini Finds an Active, Watery World at Saturn's Enceladus
7/26/2005	Cassini Finds Recent and Unusual Geology on Enceladus
7/25/2005	Cassini Reveals Saturn's Eerie-Sounding Radio Emissions
7/11/2005	Spongy-Looking Hyperion Tumbles into View
6/28/2005	NASA's Cassini Reveals Lake-like Feature on Titan
6/8/2005	Scientists Discover Possible Titan Volcano
5/25/2005	Odd Spot on Titan Baffles Scientists
5/23/2005	Cassini Radio Signals Decipher Saturn Ring Structure
5/12/2005	Titan's Atmosphere Revealed by New NASA Observation
5/10/2005	Cassini Finds New Saturn Moon that Makes Waves
5/6/2005	Scientists Discover Pluto Kin Is a Member of Saturn Family
4/27/2005	Cassini Captures Swiss-Cheese Look of Saturn Moon
4/26/2005	Cassini Finds Particles Near Saturn's Moon Enceladus
4/25/2005	Organic Materials Spotted High Above Titan's Surface
4/6/2005	Cassini Mission Status Report
3/16/2005	Cassini Finds an Atmosphere on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
3/9/2005	Cassini Images of Titan Reveal an Active, Earth-like World
3/7/2005	Volunteer Network Provides Ringside Seat to Saturn
2/24/2005	NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New Saturn Discoveries
2/18/2005	Saturn's Moons Titan and Enceladus Seen by Cassini
2/16/2005	Cassini's Radar Spots Giant Crater on Titan
2/16/2005	NASA Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras
2/11/2005	NASA and the Universe Send a Celestial Valentine
2/9/2005	NASA Observations Help Determine Titan Wind Speeds
2/8/2005	Cassini Spacecraft Witnesses Saturn's Blues
1/18/2005	Huygens Landed with a Splat
1/18/2005	More of Titans secrets to be unveiled on Jan. 21
1/14/2005	NASA Salutes Successful Huygens Probe
1/14/2005	Europe Reaches New Frontier - Huygens Lands on Titan
1/14/2005	Radio Astronomers Confirm Huygens Entry in the Atmosphere of Titan
1/11/2005	ESA Says Huygens Got a Good Start
1/7/2005	Saturn's Moon Iapetus Shows a Bulging Waistline
1/3/2005	Cassini Mission Status Report
12/30/2004	Cassini Caps off 2004 With Flyby of Icy Moon Iapetus
12/28/2004	Cassini Mission Status Report
12/24/2004	Titan-Bound Huygens Probe Detaches From Cassini
12/21/2004	European Space Agency's Huygens Probe Set to Detach From Cassini Orbiter
12/16/2004	Cassini Shows Before and After Look at Saturn's Moon Titan
12/14/2004	Cassini Mission Status Report
12/3/2004	Cassini Captures Saturn Moon Red-Handed
11/23/2004	Successful Huygens test: last before separation
11/23/2004	Cassini Shows Grandeur of Two Saturn Moons
11/9/2004	Cassini Radar Sees Bright Flow-like Feature On Titan
11/8/2004	Cassini Observations Show Dynamic Dance At Saturn
11/5/2004	Radar Image Shows Titan's Surface Live and in Color
11/4/2004	The Day of Descent
10/29/2004	Cassini's Radar Shows Titan's Young Active Surface
10/27/2004	Cassini Peeks Below Cloud Shroud Around Titan
10/26/2004	Cassini-Huygens makes first close approach to Titan
10/26/2004	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
10/25/2004	First Close Encounter of Saturn's Hazy Moon Titan
10/21/2004	The sounds of Titan
9/17/2004	Huygens Test Successful
9/16/2004	Strings of Shadowy Rings Drape Saturn
9/9/2004	Cassini Discovers Ring and One, Possibly Two, Objects at Saturn
9/2/2004	Cassini Reveals Saturn's Cool Rings
8/23/2004	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
8/16/2004	Out from the Shadows: Two New Saturnian Moons
8/5/2004	Saturn's Shadow and Titan's Glow Shed Light on a Complex System
7/29/2004	Titan's Purple Haze Points to a Fuzzy Past
7/22/2004	Saturn's Rings Offer a Fresco of Color
7/15/2004	Cassini Exposes Saturn's Two-Face Moon
7/15/2004	Huygens in Perfect Health
7/12/2004	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
7/12/2004	Saturn's Majestic Rings Are the Topic of Free Lectures
7/3/2004	Cassini Provides New Views of Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon
7/2/2004	Cassini Exposes Puzzles About Ingredients in Saturn's Rings
7/1/2004	Fresh Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's Rings
6/30/2004	Cassini Set to Ring Saturn Today
6/30/2004	Cassini Spacecraft Arrives at Saturn
6/29/2004	Cassini Spacecraft at Saturn's Doorstep
6/29/2004	NASA Plans Dual Broadcasts of Spacewalk, Cassini
6/28/2004	Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period is a Puzzle
6/25/2004	Getting Closer to Titan
6/23/2004	Cassini Opens a Cosmic Time Capsule
6/17/2004	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
6/14/2004	Phoebe's Surface Reveals Clues to its Origin
6/12/2004	Cassini Makes Close Observations of Phoebe
6/12/2004	Cassini's Flyby of Phoebe Shows a Moon with a Battered Past
6/9/2004	Cassini Spacecraft Near First Stop in Historic Saturn Tour
6/3/2004	Cassini-Huygens Will Unlock Saturn's Secrets
5/28/2004	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status Report
5/26/2004	Saturn Seen From Far and Near
4/8/2004	Two Storms Caught in the Act on Saturn
2/27/2004	Cassini Captures Stunning View of Saturn
12/8/2003	Interstellar Hydrogen Shadow Observed by Cassini
12/5/2003	Saturn Details Become Visible To Cassini Spacecraft
11/13/2003	Cassini Captures Jupiter in Close-Up Portrait
10/2/2003	Saturn-Bound Spacecraft Tests Einstein's Theory
9/9/2003	The Slant on Saturn's Rings
3/12/2003	Exploring Jupiter's Great Dark Spot
3/6/2003	Rising Storms Revise Story Of Jupiter's Stripes
2/27/2003	NASA'S New Spacecraft Tool Reveals Massive Jupiter Gas Cloud
12/18/2002	Clouds Discovered on Saturn's Moon Titan
11/1/2002	Cassini-Huygens Mission Status
9/26/2002	Titan-Bound Probe Glides Through Test
7/23/2002	Cassini Camera Haze is Removed
5/24/2002	Awards for Excellence - 2002
5/16/2002	Cassini Camera Lens is Clearing Up
4/4/2002	NASA Cassini Spacecraft April 3 Course Adjustment was Successful
3/13/2002	Churning Whirlpool Stars in Ultraviolet Jupiter Movie
2/27/2002	Solar Wind Buffets Vast Jupiter Region, Team Approach Reveals
2/11/2002	NASA Spacecraft Completed a 40-day Period of Data Collection
11/20/2001	NASA Spacecraft to Hunt for Elusive Gravity Ripples
7/16/2001	Seventy-Day Jupiter Movie Pulls Patterns Out of Chaos
6/29/2001	European Space Agency and NASA Set New Cassini-Huygens Plan
5/31/2001	Crescents Slice the Darkness in "Farewell Jupiter" Picture by Cassini
5/31/2001	Jupiter Particles' Escape Route Found
4/30/2001	NASA Spacecraft Completed a 40-day Period of Data Collection
3/29/2001	Two Spacecraft See New Plume Activity on Jovian Moom Io
3/28/2001	Jupiter Radiation Belts Harsher Than Expected
3/12/2001	Free Lectures Will Describe NASA's Double-Teaming of Jupiter
3/8/2001	Postcards from Jupiter: New Aurora Details Seen
2/5/2001	Volcanoes and Auroras Glow in Eclipse Movie of Jupiter's Moon Io
1/29/2001	Jupiter's Magnetosphere
1/24/2001