Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2017

22 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 SATURN See you soon Saturn! by NASA Last September, after a 7 years travel and 13 years of zooming around Saturn and its many moons, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft crashed into Saturn, ending a successful two-decade mission. NASA currently has no missions on the books to return to Saturn, although three proposals later this year are expected to be submitted to the space agency. The final selection is planned for May 2019 for launch by the end of 2025. In the meantime, let’s enjoy some of the most spectacular images taken by Cassini.