ThomasR
Eye of the Storm
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NASA
Cassini space probe sends back photos of Saturn's rings.
"A space craft the size of a school bus today began an historic four-year mission to explore Saturn and its moons.Early today, a Nasa spokesman said the Cassini probe slipped through two of Saturn's rings and set itself in orbit around the giant planet.
The £1.6 billion joint US-European mission is by far the most complex and ambitious unmanned space expedition in history.
Not only does it include the first orbit of Saturn, but also the most distant landing on an interplanetary body ever attempted.............
