Why Did NASA Decide To Send Cassini Into Saturn
1. What agency/agencies were responsible for the Cassini/Huygens Mission happening?
The day Cassini arrive on Saturn Cassini Huygens was a join afford of Nasa the Europe space agency and the Italian space agency. It was conceived after the voyage of fly by saturn.
2. Where did the Huygens probe go? On September 15th, 2017, the Cassini Mission will come to an end as the probe enters into Saturn’s atmosphere, where it will transmit data until it is slowly crushed by the immense pressure in Saturn’s atmosphere.
3. Name the two most prominent moons of Saturn mentioned. What unexpected characteristics did we discover for each?
Saturn’s most prominent feature is its system of rings, which are visible from earth through a telescope. Saturn also has several moons that can be seen from earth, including Titan. In addition to these earth-based observations, Saturn has been visited previously by Pioneer 11, which determined that Saturn had a …show more content…
How long did it take for a signal to reach Earth from Cassini at Saturn?
It takes 63,438 MPH to reach earth from Cassini at Saturn
5. Why did NASA decide to send Cassini into Saturn’s atmosphere? the spacecraft captured as much data as it could up until the very end. Just a few hours before it entered Saturn’s atmosphere, the mission team made Cassini roll a bit, positioning the vehicle’s instruments toward the planet while pointing its radio antenna at Earth. That way, Cassini could collect detailed data about the atmosphere and then send it back to researchers as quickly as possible.
6. What additional science did this allow Cassini to do?
7. After watching the clips of Mission Control as Cassini entered Saturn’s orbit in 2005 and the end of mission last Friday:
a. Comment on the “atmosphere” of the groups before and after Cassini reached Saturn orbit and before and after loss of signal.
b. Comment on the similarities and differences between the “atmosphere” of the groups when Cassini reached Saturn orbit versus end of
The day Cassini arrive on Saturn Cassini Huygens was a join afford of Nasa the Europe space agency and the Italian space agency. It was conceived after the voyage of fly by saturn.
2. Where did the Huygens probe go? On September 15th, 2017, the Cassini Mission will come to an end as the probe enters into Saturn’s atmosphere, where it will transmit data until it is slowly crushed by the immense pressure in Saturn’s atmosphere.
3. Name the two most prominent moons of Saturn mentioned. What unexpected characteristics did we discover for each?
Saturn’s most prominent feature is its system of rings, which are visible from earth through a telescope. Saturn also has several moons that can be seen from earth, including Titan. In addition to these earth-based observations, Saturn has been visited previously by Pioneer 11, which determined that Saturn had a …show more content…
How long did it take for a signal to reach Earth from Cassini at Saturn?
It takes 63,438 MPH to reach earth from Cassini at Saturn
5. Why did NASA decide to send Cassini into Saturn’s atmosphere? the spacecraft captured as much data as it could up until the very end. Just a few hours before it entered Saturn’s atmosphere, the mission team made Cassini roll a bit, positioning the vehicle’s instruments toward the planet while pointing its radio antenna at Earth. That way, Cassini could collect detailed data about the atmosphere and then send it back to researchers as quickly as possible.
6. What additional science did this allow Cassini to do?
7. After watching the clips of Mission Control as Cassini entered Saturn’s orbit in 2005 and the end of mission last Friday:
a. Comment on the “atmosphere” of the groups before and after Cassini reached Saturn orbit and before and after loss of signal.
b. Comment on the similarities and differences between the “atmosphere” of the groups when Cassini reached Saturn orbit versus end of