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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE CASSINI MISSION AND THE HUYGENS PROBE TO SATURN AND TITAN.
FOR MORE INFO FOLLOW THE LINK:
http://saturn.jpl .nasa.gov/home/index .cfm
FOOTAGE FROM THE BBC AND NASA
MUSIC - CONQUEST BY BILL CONTI. FROM ROCKY III
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Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco takes us through her favourite photos from the Cassini mission.
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The Cassini spacecraft will fly closer to the moon Enceladus on 12 March than ever before in an attempt to scoop up particles from the moon's mysterious icy jets (Courtesy of NASA)
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To get enough speed to reach Titan, Cassini would have to use other planets as sling-shots to propel her out into the far reaches of our solar system. Scientists explain how this is done.
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Cassini leaves Earth, travels past Venus twice, then Earth, and near Jupiter before arriving at Saturn and Titan. This vid shows the highlights of the trip at accelerated speed, plus a few orbits of Saturn and a couple of close passes by Titan.
Using Celestia.
http://www.shatte rs.net/celestia/
music: William Orbit + Beth Orton - Water from a Vine Leaf