PASADENA, Calif. — NASA scientists just received their last message from the Cassini spacecraft, which plunged into Saturn early Friday morning. Those final bits of data signal the end of one of the most successful planetary science missions in history.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The Cassini spacecraft crashed into Saturn, ending a successful 20-year mission
By Sarah Kaplan
September 15, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. EDT