This video showcases highlights from the scene at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on April 26-27, 2017, and some of the first raw images the spacecraft sent back from its closest-ever look at Saturn’s atmosphere.
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Originally published by Cosmos as Cassini ring dive: Scenes from mission control
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