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Cassini Significant Events for 03/24/05 - 03/30/05 »» Cassini Significant Events for 03/24/05 - 03/30/05

[Friday, April 1, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired today from the Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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NASA Cassini Image: Titan During Close Flyby »» NASA Cassini Image: Titan During Close Flyby

[Saturday, April 2, 2005] This image was taken on March 31, 2005 and received on Earth April 01, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 118,009 kilometers away.

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NASA Cassini Image: New Titan Territory »» NASA Cassini Image: New Titan Territory

[Tuesday, April 5, 2005] Although the Huygens probe has now pierced the murky skies of Titan and landed on its surface, much of the moon remains for the Cassini spacecraft to explore. Titan continues to present exciting puzzles.

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Cassini Significant Events for 03/31/05 - 04/06/05 »» Cassini Significant Events for 03/31/05 - 04/06/05

[Friday, April 8, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday from the Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Saturn Seen Through Titan's Clouds »» Saturn Seen Through Titan's Clouds

[Wednesday, April 13, 2005] Less than 20 minutes after Cassini's close approach to Titan on March 31, 2005, its cameras captured this view of Saturn through Titan's upper atmosphere.

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Titan's High Hazes »» Titan's High Hazes

[Wednesday, April 13, 2005] Titan's high haze layers are amazing. Cassini captured this detailed view of the relatively faint haze in Titan's upper atmosphere as it receded from its close encounter on March 31, 2005.

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Titan Mosaic - East of Xanadu »» Titan Mosaic - East of Xanadu

[Wednesday, April 13, 2005] During a close flyby of Titan on March 31, 2005, Cassini's cameras got their best view to date of the region east of the bright Xanadu Regio.

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Small Moons and Saturn's Rings »» Small Moons and Saturn's Rings

[Friday, April 15, 2005] This image was taken on April 12, 2005 and received on Earth April 13, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Pan at approximately 1,498,606 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.

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Cassini Significant Events for 04/07/05 - 04/13/05 »» Cassini Significant Events for 04/07/05 - 04/13/05

[Friday, April 15, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday from the Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Cassini Image: Rhea's Dark Patch »» Cassini Image: Rhea's Dark Patch

[Wednesday, April 20, 2005] The ancient and battered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea shows a notable dark swath of territory near the eastern limb in this image from Cassini.

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Cassini Image: Sister Moons »» Cassini Image: Sister Moons

[Wednesday, April 20, 2005] Cassini offers this lovely comparison between two of Saturn's satellites, Dione and Tethys, which are similar in size but have very different surfaces.

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Titan Flyby »» Titan Flyby

[Wednesday, April 20, 2005] This image was taken on April 16, 2005 and received on Earth April 17, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 48,957 kilometers away.

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Cassini Significant Events for 04/14/05 - 04/20/05 »» Cassini Significant Events for 04/14/05 - 04/20/05

[Friday, April 22, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday from the Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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North and South on Tethys »» North and South on Tethys

[Friday, April 22, 2005] This view of Saturn's moon Tethys shows the contrast between the more heavily cratered region near the top and the more lightly cratered (and presumably younger) plains toward the bottom part of the image and near the limb.

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Cassini's View of Titan »» Cassini's View of Titan

[Friday, April 22, 2005] This false-color composite was created with images taken during the Cassini spacecraft's closest flyby of Titan on April 16, 2005. It was created by combining two infrared images (taken at 938 and 889 nm) with a visible light image (taken at 420 nm).

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Chandra Observation of an X-ray Flare at Saturn: Evidence for Direct Solar Control on Saturn's Disk X-ray Emissions »» Chandra Observation of an X-ray Flare at Saturn: Evidence for Direct Solar Control on Saturn's Disk X-ray Emissions

[Saturday, April 23, 2005] "We report here the first observation of an X-ray flare from Saturn's non-auroral (low-latitude) disk, which is seen in direct response to an M6-class flare emanating from a sunspot that was clearly visible from both Saturn and Earth. "

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Cassini Identifies Organic Materials High Above Titan's Surface »» Cassini Identifies Organic Materials High Above Titan's Surface

[Monday, April 25, 2005] During its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Titan on April 16, the Cassini spacecraft came within 1,027 kilometers (638 miles) of the moon's surface and found that the outer layer of the thick, hazy atmosphere is brimming with complex hydrocarbons.

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Cassini Finds Particles Near Saturn's Moon Enceladus »» Cassini Finds Particles Near Saturn's Moon Enceladus

[Tuesday, April 26, 2005] Cassini has discovered intriguing dust particles around Enceladus.  The particles might indicate the existence of a dust cloud around Enceladus, or they may have originated from Saturn's outermost ring, the E-ring.

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Epimetheus: Up-Close and Colorful »» Epimetheus: Up-Close and Colorful

[Wednesday, April 27, 2005] With this false-color view, Cassini presents the closest look yet at Saturn's small moon Epimetheus. This false color view combines images obtained using filters sensitive to ultraviolet, polarized green and infrared light.

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Cassini Significant Events for 04/21/05 - 04/27/05 »» Cassini Significant Events for 04/21/05 - 04/27/05

[Friday, April 29, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday from the Goldstone tracking station. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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Sounds of Enceladus »» Sounds of Enceladus

[Friday, April 29, 2005] Cassini's magnetometer instrument detected an atmosphere around Enceladus during the Feb. 17, 2005, flyby and again during a March 9, 2005, flyby. This audio file is based on the data collected from that instrument.

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