Cassini shot the gap and lived to tell the tale. The Saturn-exploring spacecraft managed to successfully fly through the 1,500 mile gap between Saturn and its rings and survive seemingly unscathed.

An curved arrow pointing right. At just 240,000 miles from Saturn's north pole, NASA's Cassini spacecraft snapped some stunning photos. These are the first images of the spacecraft's new mission ...

After 13 years of orbiting Saturn and its moons, NASA's bus-size Cassini probe is now a puff of radioactive vapor in the planet's swirling clouds. Space agency leaders knew this day would come ...

A timelapse of all of the photographs the Cassini space probe has taken of Saturn's moon Tethys from Feb. 6, 2004 to Sept. 15, 2015. Note: These sequences at times include rapid flashing.

Cassini wasn’t just a spacecraft—it was one of the greatest space missions of all time. From discovering liquid oceans on Enceladus to sending back the most detailed images of Saturn’s rings ...

The Cassini spacecraft launched in 1997. It has been exploring Saturn and its many moons since it arrived at the ringed planet in 2004. Cassini followed along as Saturn went through its alien ...

NASA is about to say a fond farewell to its Cassini spacecraft. After 13 years of exploring Saturn and its mysterious moons, Cassini is running out of fuel. NASA is using the remaining dregs to ...

researchers have created the first geologic map of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, revealing a dynamic landscape of dunes, plains, craters, and hydrocarbon lakes. The Cassini spacecraft conducted ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been hanging out in space for two decades, with well ...

Twenty years ago, a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a billion mile trek to Saturn. The photos the probe took revealed some astonishing things about Saturn, its rings and moons.