[Friday, December 2, 2005] In a rare moment, the Cassini spacecraft captured this enduring portrait of a near-alignment of four of Saturn's restless moons. Timing is critical when trying to capture a view of multiple bodies, like this one.

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[Friday, December 2, 2005] This perspective view shows dark plains on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the Huygens probe landing site. In this area many discrete bright feature are scattered across the dark plains.

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[Friday, December 2, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, November 30, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Monday, December 5, 2005] Recent evidence from the Huygens Probe of the Cassini Mission suggests that Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, is a world where rivers of liquid methane sculpt channels in continents of ice.

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[Tuesday, December 6, 2005] Jets of fine, icy particles streaming from Saturn's moon Enceladus were captured in recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images provide unambiguous visual evidence the moon is geologically active.

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[Tuesday, December 6, 2005] Wrapping-up a phenomenally successful year of observing Saturn's icy moons, the Cassini mission is releasing a flood of new views of the moons Enceladus, Dione, Rhea, Hyperion, and Iapetus.

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[Friday, December 9, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Tuesday, December 6, from the Madrid tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Monday, December 12, 2005] A gorgeous close-up look at the Saturnian atmosphere reveals small, bright and puffy clouds with long filamentary streamers that are reminiscent of the anvil-shaped Earthly cirrus clouds that extend downwind of thunderstorms.

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[Thursday, December 15, 2005] This spectacular image shows Prometheus (at left) and Pandora (at right), with their flock of icy ring particles (the F ring) between them. Pandora is exterior to the ring, and closer to the spacecraft here.

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[Thursday, December 15, 2005] This dramatic image shows Saturn's craggy moon Pandora skimming along the F ring's outer edge. Pandora orbits about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) exterior to the ring, but in this view is projected onto the ring.

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[Thursday, December 15, 2005] Saturn's cratered, icy moons, Rhea and Dione, come alive with vibrant color that reveals new information about their surface properties.

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[Thursday, December 15, 2005] Saturn's moon Hyperion's crater, Meri, blooms in this extreme color-enhanced view. Meri is overprinted by a couple of smaller craters and displays dark material on its floor that is characteristic of many impact sites on this moon.

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[Saturday, December 17, 2005] Cassini observations by several instruments have revealed the source of Saturn's broadest and faintest ring. Observations show that tiny particles of frozen water ice are streaming outward into space from the south polar region of the moon Enceladus.

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[Saturday, December 17, 2005] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, December 14, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Sunday, December 18, 2005] If you go to this link on Time magazine's website you can vote for the #1 image among Time's Top Ten Images for 2005. A Cassini image of Saturn is among the choices.

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[Thursday, December 22, 2005] An oval-shaped feature, wider than Earth and with streamers extending out to the east and west, swirls in Saturn's southern hemisphere.

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[Thursday, December 22, 2005] This image was taken on December 17, 2005 and received on Earth December 18, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Pandora at approximately 2,838,652 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 26, 2005 and received on Earth December 27, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 57,509 kilometers (35,734 miles) away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] Few sights in the solar system are more strikingly beautiful than softly hued Saturn embraced by the shadows of its stately rings.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] With its thick, distended atmosphere, Titan's orange globe shines softly, encircled by a thin halo of purple light-scattering haze.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 25, 2005 and received on Earth December 26, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Telesto at approximately 20,825 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 24, 2005 and received on Earth December 25, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 108,349 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 24, 2005 and received on Earth December 25, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Tethys at approximately 194,961 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 24, 2005 and received on Earth December 25, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Dione at approximately 150,158 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 24, 2005 and received on Earth December 24, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 256,162 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, December 27, 2005] This image was taken on December 23, 2005 and received on Earth December 24, 2005. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 594,231 kilometers away.

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[Friday, December 30, 2005] A crescent Tethys shows off its great scar, Ithaca Chasma, for which the moon is renowned. The chasm is 100 kilometers (60 miles) across on average, and is 4 kilometers (2 miles) deep in places.

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[Friday, December 30, 2005] Epimetheus (116 kilometers, or 72 miles across, at right) and Janus (181 kilometers, or 113 miles across, at left) are lit here by reflected "greylight" from Saturn. The Sun brightens only thin slivers of the moons' surfaces.

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[Friday, December 30, 2005] This view of the surface of Saturn's moon Tethys, taken during Cassini's close approach to the moon on Sept. 24, 2005, reveals an icy land of steep cliffs.

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