NASA’s Cassini probe will close a significant chapter Saturday when it makes its final close flyby of Saturn's ocean-bearing moon Enceladus. Already the subject of several dazzling images ...

The flyby is also the beginning of the end for Cassini: Once it passes by Titan, its final 22 orbits over the next five months will be between Saturn and its famed rings, ending with a plunge into ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is expected to make a flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus Wednesday, passing through the moon’s plume of icy spray in a search for signs of life in its oceans.

New images of the fractured terrain of Saturn'slittle-visited moon Dione have been snapped by NASA's Cassini spacecraft as theprobe performed a double flyby of Dione as well as Titan. The Titan ...

The Cassini probe has bid farewell to Titan and is now on its way to a fatal encounter with Saturn. At 12:04 pm PDT (3:04 pm EDT), the unmanned orbiter flew by Saturn's largest moon, altering ...

Saturn's moon floats in front of the giant planet and its rings, as seen by Cassini spacecraft during its final close flyby of the icy satellite on Aug. 17, 2015. Cassini caught the view from a ...

This story was updated at 2 p.m. ET. The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn has suffered a malfunction that has shut down all science observations for the time being, forcing the probe to ...

Cassini arrived just after Saturn's northern winter solstice. ... During a close flyby in 2008, Cassini's instruments sampled the plume directly and detected a surprising mix of volatile gases, ...

Cassini’s epic mission to Saturn is coming to a close with a spectacular finale of daring flybys and swooping encounters. The beginning of the end happened today with the last targeted flyby of ...

Cassini Flyby Of Saturn Moon Offers Insight Into Solar System History Date: October 7, 2008 Source: University of Michigan Summary: NASA's Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to fly within 16 miles of ...

Cassini completes final -- and fateful -- Titan flyby: Dive to Saturn next Date: April 25, 2017 Source: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had its last close ...

NASA's Cassini space probe swooped in for its final close encounter with Dione -- one of Saturn's 62 known moons -- and took a stunning final image of the icy world.