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1 00:00:01,004 --> 00:00:06,105 (Pathetic music) 2 00:00:06,138 --> 00:00:08,031 A lone explorer 3 00:00:09,809 --> 00:00:14,749 on a mission to reveal the grandeur of Saturn, its rings and moons. 4 00:00:19,985 --> 00:00:26,249 After 20 years in space, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is running out of fuel. 5 00:00:27,326 --> 00:00:30,933 And so, to protect moons of Saturn 6 00:00:30,980 --> 00:00:34,133 that could have conditions suitable for life, 7 00:00:34,166 --> 00:00:38,952 a spectacular end has been planned for this long-lived traveler from Earth. 8 00:00:39,718 --> 00:00:41,796 [Cassini's Grand Finale] 9 00:00:41,796 --> 00:00:46,965 [Cassini's Grand Finale] 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 10 00:00:47,031 --> 00:00:47,810 (Rockets roar) 11 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:51,391 And liftoff of the Cassini spacecraft on a billion-mile trek to Saturn. (Rockets roar) 12 00:00:51,391 --> 00:00:52,985 And liftoff of the Cassini spacecraft on a billion-mile trek to Saturn. [15 October, 1997: Launch from Earth] 13 00:00:52,985 --> 00:00:54,550 We have cleared the tower. [15 October, 1997: Launch from Earth] 14 00:00:54,550 --> 00:00:56,189 (Mission audio) 15 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:03,999 In 2004, following a 7-year journey through the solar system, 16 00:01:03,999 --> 00:01:05,926 Cassini arrived at Saturn. 17 00:01:08,724 --> 00:01:11,305 [30 June, 2004 Saturn Orbit Insertion] 18 00:01:11,305 --> 00:01:13,107 The spacecraft carried a passenger, 19 00:01:13,806 --> 00:01:16,109 the European Huygens probe — 20 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:21,291 the first human-made object to land on a world in the distant outer solar system. 21 00:01:21,328 --> 00:01:24,674 [January 14, 2005: Huygens Probe landing on Titan] 22 00:01:24,727 --> 00:01:26,702 For over a decade, 23 00:01:26,702 --> 00:01:31,305 Cassini has shared the wonders of Saturn and its family of icy moons, [10 September, 2007: Flight over Iapetus] 24 00:01:31,957 --> 00:01:34,427 taking us to astounding worlds 25 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:35,500 where methane rivers run to a methane sea. 26 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:37,942 where methane rivers run to a methane sea. [8 July, 2009: Liquid Confirmed on Titan] 27 00:01:38,297 --> 00:01:40,167 Where jets of ice and gas are blasting material into space 28 00:01:40,534 --> 00:01:42,896 Where jets of ice and gas are blasting material into space [28 October, 2015: Enceladus Plume Dive] 29 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:44,864 from a liquid water ocean that might harbor the ingredients for life. [28 October, 2015: Enceladus Plume Dive] 30 00:01:44,864 --> 00:01:47,773 from a liquid water ocean that might harbor the ingredients for life. 31 00:01:47,773 --> 00:01:50,042 (Mission audio) 32 00:01:50,158 --> 00:01:51,764 And Saturn — 33 00:01:51,764 --> 00:01:56,941 a giant world ruled by raging storms and delicate harmonies of gravity. 34 00:02:00,419 --> 00:02:05,218 Now, Cassini has one last, daring assignment. 35 00:02:06,762 --> 00:02:09,604 [26 April, 2017] [The grand finale begins] 36 00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:17,637 Cassini's Grand Finale — is a brand new adventure. 37 00:02:19,605 --> 00:02:24,744 Twenty-two dives through the space between Saturn and its rings. 38 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:31,784 As it repeatedly braves this unexplored region, 39 00:02:31,817 --> 00:02:35,721 Cassini seeks new insights about the origins of the rings, 40 00:02:35,754 --> 00:02:38,924 and the nature of the planet's interior — 41 00:02:38,924 --> 00:02:41,894 closer to Saturn than ever before. 42 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:49,900 On the final orbit, 43 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:53,773 Cassini will plunge into Saturn 44 00:02:53,806 --> 00:02:56,663 fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth, 45 00:02:56,663 --> 00:02:59,022 as it transmits its farewell. 46 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:03,364 In the skies of Saturn, 47 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:06,364 the journey ends, 48 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:13,364 as Cassini becomes part of the planet itself. 49 00:03:20,862 --> 00:03:22,014 [15 September, 2017] 50 00:03:22,014 --> 00:03:28,341 [15 September, 2017] [End of mission] 51 00:03:33,862 --> 00:03:39,992 [NASA] [Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology]