[Monday, May 1, 2006] This image was taken on April 29, 2006 and received on Earth April 29, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Pan at approximately 438,027 kilometers away.

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[Monday, May 1, 2006] This image was taken on April 29, 2006 and received on Earth April 29, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Janus at approximately 226,438 kilometers away.

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[Monday, May 1, 2006] This image was taken on April 29, 2006 and received on Earth April 29, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Janus at approximately 217,624 kilometers away.

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[Monday, May 1, 2006] This image was taken on April 28, 2006 and received on Earth April 29, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Rhea at approximately 478,966 kilometers away.

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[Thursday, May 4, 2006] New views of the most distant touchdown ever made by a spacecraft are being released today by NASA, ESA, and the University of Arizona. The movies show the dramatic descent of the Huygens probe to the surface of Saturn's moon Titan on Jan. 14, 2005.

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[Thursday, May 4, 2006] Until a couple of years ago, scientists thought the dark equatorial regions of Titan might be liquid oceans. New radar evidence shows they are seas -- but seas of sand dunes like those in the Arabian or Namibian Deserts.

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[Thursday, May 4, 2006] Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems.

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[Saturday, May 6, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, May 3, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Tuesday, May 9, 2006] This image was taken on May 04, 2006 and received on Earth May 05, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 2,108,298 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, May 9, 2006] This image was taken on May 03, 2006 and received on Earth May 04, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,977,428 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, May 9, 2006] This image was taken on May 03, 2006 and received on Earth May 04, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Mimas at approximately 1,977,919 kilometers away.

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[Tuesday, May 9, 2006] This image was taken on May 03, 2006 and received on Earth May 04, 2006. The camera was pointing toward Enceladus at approximately 1,959,812 kilometers away.

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[Friday, May 12, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, May 10, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Monday, May 15, 2006] This rare color view of Saturn's night side shows how the rings dimly illuminate the southern hemisphere, giving it a dull golden glow. Part of the northern dark side is just visible at top -- the illumination it receives being far less than the south.

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[Monday, May 15, 2006] This image of Saturn's moon Titan from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on the Cassini spacecraft shows the southwestern area of a feature called Xanadu.

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[Monday, May 15, 2006] This image of Saturn's moon Titan from the Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument on the Cassini spacecraft shows Shikoku Facula, a region that is bright in both radar and visible wavelengths.

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[Wednesday, May 17, 2006] All of the moons are illuminated by the sun, which is out of the frame to the right. "Saturnshine," or reflected light from the planet (out of frame to the lower left), partly illuminates three of the moons.

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[Wednesday, May 17, 2006] Janus and Epimetheus continue to separate, following their orbital swap in January 2006. Until 2010, Janus will remain the innermost of the pair, whose orbits around Saturn are separated by only about 50 kilometers (31 miles) on average.

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[Wednesday, May 17, 2006] The most ubiquitous features in this swath are "cat scratches," which are interpreted as longitudinal dunes and were first seen in the February 2005 flyby, see Titan, a Geologically Dynamic World.

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[Wednesday, May 17, 2006] The Cassini spacecraft delivers this stunning vista showing small, battered Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the scene.

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[Thursday, May 18, 2006] Enceladus briefly passes behind the crescent of Rhea in these images, which are part of a "mutual event" sequence taken by Cassini. These sequences help scientists refine our understanding of the orbits of Saturn's moons.

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[Friday, May 19, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, May 17, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Tuesday, May 23, 2006] The color view on the right was created by combining images taken in ultraviolet, green and infrared spectral filters. The images were acquired on April 9, 2006 at a distance of approximately 692,000 kilometers (430,000 miles) from Iapetus.

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[Friday, May 26, 2006] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, May 24, from the Goldstone tracking stations. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

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[Wednesday, May 31, 2006] Enceladus – an active, icy world with an unusually warm south pole – may have performed an unusual trick for a planetary body.  New research shows Enceladus rolled over, literally, explaining why the moon's hottest spot is at the south pole. 

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