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Cassini near 'Grand Finale' at Saturn

SOL SYSTEM Saturn -- 08 Apr 2017 -- This illustration shows Cassini breaking up in Saturn's atmosphere in it's last Grand Finale. During Cassinis Grand Finale, the spacecraft will make 22 orbits around Saturn that carry the spacecraft over the planet's north before diving between Saturn and its rings. At the conclusion of this final set of daring orbits, the spacecraft will plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, ending its mission on Sept. 15, 2017. The Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency -- Picture by Atlas Photo Archive/JPL/NASA

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Photo ID	#1888023
Date Taken	8 April 2017
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Photographer	Avalon/NurPhoto
Category	Science and Technology
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