{"id":18805,"date":"2017-09-14T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/hours-before-its-doom-nasas-cassini-probe-takes-its-parting-shots-at-saturn\/"},"modified":"2017-09-14T18:34:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:34:11","slug":"hours-before-its-doom-nasas-cassini-probe-takes-its-parting-shots-at-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/hours-before-its-doom-nasas-cassini-probe-takes-its-parting-shots-at-saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Hours before its doom, NASA\u2019s Cassini probe takes its parting shots at Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saturn and its rings star in one of the last raw images sent back by the Cassini orbiter. (NASA \/ JPL-Caltech \/ Space Science Institute)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final pictures from NASA\u2019s 13-year-long Cassini mission at Saturn are flowing in \u2013 and they\u2019re good to the last drop.<\/p>\n

Or even better, good to the last moonset.<\/p>\n

Raw images, captured by Cassini\u2019s cameras during the run-up to the bus-sized spacecraft\u2019s scheduled destruction on Friday morning, have been popping up by the dozens on NASA\u2019s mission website.<\/p>\n

Among the still-image sequences are pictures showing Enceladus, an ice-covered moon that could conceivably harbor life, as it sets on the Saturnian horizon.<\/p>\n

The Planetary Society\u2019s Emily Lakdawalla assembled the photos into a nifty little animation:<\/p>\n