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Cassini's Final View of Titan's Northern Lakes and Seas

During the final distant encounter with Saturn's giant moon Titan, the spacecraft captured the enigmatic moon's north polar landscape of lakes and seas, which are filled with liquid methane and ethane. More › ›

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And the Emmy goes to...

...Cassini's Grand Finale. JPL has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for its coverage of the Cassini mission's Grand Finale at Saturn. More › ›

A Last Look at Titan

In September 2017, the spacecraft captured this view of the planet's giant moon Titan, its hydrocarbon seas partially visible through the haze. This is among the final images Cassini sent back to Earth. More › ›

Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds

A study using Cassini data reveals a warming, high-altitude, hexagonal vortex emerging at Saturn’s northern pole. More ›

WEEKLY IMAGE

Detailing the Division

The Cassini spacecraft looks between Saturn's A and B rings to spy structure in the Cassini Division. More ›

Science Team Status

ANALYZING DATA
Mission Elapsed Time

19 Yrs. | 11 Mo. | 3 Hrs. | 12 Min. | 46 Sec.
Mission: Successful

EOM: Sep. 15, 2017 | 4:55 a.m. PDT

News and Features

All you need to know about the final phase of the mission. These new orbits will take the long-lived spacecraft into unexplored space between Saturn's cloud tops and rings in an exciting, science-rich endgame.

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The Grand Finale Toolkit

Browse some of the greatest images taken by Cassini during its 13-year tour at Saturn.

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Hall of Fame

This colorful graphic summarizes Cassini's scientific journey at Saturn.

The Long And Winding Road

Each year the mission picked its top images and science stories.

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Top 10s

If a spacecraft kept a diary, this would be it. Week after week Cassini's team chronicled the mission highlights.

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Significant Events

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The Science

Cassini has revealed never-before-seen events that are changing our understanding of how planetary systems form and what conditions might lead to habitats for life.

Raw Images

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Fresh from Saturn: Browse the latest, unprocessed images beamed back from Saturn by the Cassini orbiter.

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Hall of Fame

Cassini has returned thousands of great images. These are the best of the best.
Graphics

Illustrations, artwork and infographics that reveal how the Cassini mission works.
Amateur Images

We provide the data. You provide the inspiration. A look at some of the fantastic amateur artwork created with Cassini data.