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Blue Dot 36: Cassini’s Final Year At Saturn

By Dave Schlom
Published December 1, 2016 at 10:30 AM PST
Cassini orbiter

It launched from Cape Canaveral in 1997 and entered orbit around Saturn in 2004. Now, after nearly two decades exploring the ringed planet as our most distant scientific outpost, the Cassini orbiter is about to embark on its final journey – a death plunge into Saturn. 

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Dave Schlom
Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.
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