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August 17, 2015

Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2015
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, Aug. 17 - the final close flyby of this icy satellite during the spacecraft's long mission. Cassini's closest approach, within 295 miles (474 kilometers) of Dione's surface, will occur at 11:33 a.m. PDT (2:33 p.m. EDT). Mission controllers expect fresh images to begin arriving on Earth within a couple of days following the encounter. Cassini scientists have a bevy of investigations planned for Dione. Gravity-science data ... read more

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