U.S. spacecraft to take slingshot dive inside Saturn’s rings

Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 06:51 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft soared past Saturn's biggest moon for the last time on Saturday, tapping its gravity to slingshot into a series of exploratory dives inside the planet's rings, followed by a final fatal plunge into the gas giant.

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