How a twenty-year journey ended in the atmosphere of Saturn
In short: After two decades of exploration, the Cassini-Huygens mission concluded with a deliberate descent into Saturn. Professor Michele Dougherty explains the mission's improbable origins and the surprising discoveries it made during its tenure in deep space.
Professor Michele Dougherty, a Space Physics expert at Imperial College London, details the legacy of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. The mission concluded its twenty-year voyage by intentionally burning up within Saturn's atmosphere. Dougherty also discusses her leadership in upcoming unmanned missions to Saturn and Jupiter, including her role as Principal Investigator for the J-MAG magnetometer on the European Space Agency's JUICE mission, which was scheduled for launch in June 2022.
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