Next stop, Titan: Looking at the land o' lakes

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 13:21 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be eyeing the north polar region of Saturn's moon Titan this weekend, scanning the moon's land o' lakes. At closest approach on early morning Saturday, June 5 UTC, which is Friday afternoon, June 4 Pacific time, Cassini will glide to within about 2,000 kilometres (1,300 miles) of the Titan surface...

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