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    Saying goodbye to the historic Cassini spacecraft

    Today, the nearly 20-year Cassini-Huygens mission ended in dramatic fashion, with the Cassini orbiter plunging directly into Saturn. Here are some of the spacecraft’s notable accomplishments.

    Saturn’s Cassini-Huygens space probe, 1997-2017

    The Cassini-Huygens probe travelled 1,275 billion kilometres from home. It circled Saturn, one of the most successful robots ever sent skyward. In 2017, it meets its end.