Raw Images – NASA Solar System Exploration
Sep 21, 2023 · This gallery contains the full record of the Cassini spacecraft’s raw images taken from Feb. 20, 2004 to Cassini’s end of mission on Sept. 15, 2017. The archive will remain available to all …
In Depth | Saturn Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Four spacecraft have visited the Saturn system, but only Cassini actually orbited the ringed planet. Doing so bought Cassini time – more than a decade – to linger and watch Saturn’s exotic zoo of 80 …
In Depth | Enceladus – NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 9, 2008 · Overview Few worlds in our solar system are as compelling as Saturn’s icy ocean moon Enceladus. A handful of worlds are thought to have liquid water oceans beneath their frozen shell, …
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
When Huygens Met Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration
Jul 24, 2023 · A new animation celebrates the 8th anniversary of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan. It was delivered there by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
The giant planets Jupiter and Saturn lead our solar system’s moon counts. In some ways, the swarms of moons around these worlds resemble mini versions of our solar system.
In Depth | Europa – NASA Solar System Exploration
The spacecraft snapped a full global image of Europa from a distance of about 1.2 million miles (2 million kilometers). A few months later, Voyager 2 had its closest encounter with Europa on July 9, …
Callisto - NASA Solar System Exploration
Jun 26, 2019 · During one of Galileo’s extended missions, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft also flew by Jupiter on its way to Saturn. For a few weeks, both spacecraft were observing the giant planet together.
On board Cassini is a scientific probe called Huygens that will be released from the main spacecraft to parachute through the atmosphere to the surface of Saturn’s largest and most interesting moon, Titan.
By aiming a spacecraft so that it passes very close to a planet or moon, it is possible to boost the spacecraft on to more distant desti-nations with greater velocity.