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October 2007 Top Stories
»» Cassini Significant Events for 09/19/07 - 09/25/07
[Monday, October 1, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, September 25, from the Madrid tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Titan's icy climate mimics Earth's tropics
[Wednesday, October 3, 2007] If space travelers ever visit Saturn's largest moon, they will find a tropical world where temperatures plunge to minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, methane rains from the sky and dunes of ice or tar cover the planet's most arid regions.
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»» Cassini Significant Events for 09/26/07 - 10/02/07
[Friday, October 5, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Monday, Oct. 1, from the Madrid tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally
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»» Cassini is on the Trail of a Runaway Mystery
[Monday, October 8, 2007] NASA scientists are on the trail of Iapetus' mysterious dark side, which seems to be home to a bizarre "runaway" process that is transporting vaporized water ice from the dark areas to the white areas of the Saturnian moon.
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»» NASA Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources of Jets on Enceladus
[Thursday, October 11, 2007] A recent analysis of images provides conclusive evidence that the jets of fine, icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus originate from the hottest spots on the moon's "tiger stripe" fractures that straddle the moon's south polar region.
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»» Cassini Provides New Views of Titan's Land of Lakes and Seas
[Thursday, October 11, 2007] Newly assembled radar images from the Cassini spacecraft provide the best view of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, while a new radar image reveals that Titan's south polar region also has lakes.
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»» Take an umbrella if you plan to visit Titan!
[Friday, October 12, 2007] "Persistent drizzle moving in from the coast clearing late morning" - a phrase frequently used in weather forecasts across the world can now be applied to the weather on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
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»» Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch
[Friday, October 12, 2007] Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its launch from Cape Canaveral, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is once again at the center of scientific attention.
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»» Cassini Significant Events for 10/03/07 - 10/09/07
[Friday, October 12, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Inspiring Views Celebrate Cassini's Diamond Anniversary
[Monday, October 15, 2007] Ten years ago today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft departed planet Earth from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and embarked on a seven-year long, circuitous journey of several billion miles across the solar system to the planet Saturn.
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»» NASA Cassini Significant Events for 10/10/07 - 10/16/07
[Friday, October 19, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from the Goldstone tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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»» Cassini Significant Events for 10/17/07 - 10/23/07
[Friday, October 26, 2007] The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from the Madrid tracking complex. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and all subsystems are operating normally.
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