Close Encounter with Enceladus - Space Daily

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft is about to make a daring plunge through one of the plumes emerging from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Watch the ScienceCast video here.

Over 980 million miles or about 1.6 billion kilometers from home, NASA's Cassini spacecraft hurtles through the starry expanse of space. From its vantage point orbiting Saturn, Earth is nothing more than a miniscule pinprick of light not unlike the stars framing the gorgeous ringed planet.

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