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Parting views

Cassini’s last look around Saturn’s neighbourhood before concluding its 13-year journey of discovery

Grand finale

How to follow the last hours of the Cassini–Huygens mission as the spacecraft plunges into Saturn's atmosphere

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Dancing with Cassini

A complex coordinated ‘dance’ between ESA and NASA deep-space tracking stations is following the international Cassini orbiter during its Grand Finale, 1.2 billion km away

Mind the gap

Operations image of the week: Cassini is providing new insights into Jupiter and its enigmatic rings thanks to ESA and NASA antennas working together

Listening for Cassini

Operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space dish antennas in Argentina and Australia get ready for science with the international Cassini orbiter

Drone inspection

Operations image of the week: A drone’s view of our deep-space dish in Spain

The longest call

Operations image of the week: ESA’s deep-space tracking station in Australia makes the longest-ever ‘catch’ for the Agency

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Cassini concludes pioneering mission at Saturn15 September 2017

Cassini concludes pioneering mission at Saturn15 September 2017 The international Cassini mission has concluded its remarkable exploration of the Saturnian system in spectacular style, by plunging into the gas planet’s atmosphere.

Celebrating Europe’s science highlights with Cassini06 September 2017

Celebrating Europe’s science highlights with Cassini06 September 2017 The international Cassini-Huygens mission has explored Saturn and its rings and moons for 13 years, and will conclude by plunging into the planet’s atmosphere next week. This article highlights some of the mission’s exciting discoveries led by Europe...

ESA’s sensitive tracking antennas at New Norcia, Western Australia, and Malargüe, Argentina, seen here, are being called in to help gather crucial science data during Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’

Big dishes band together25 August 2017

Big dishes band together25 August 2017 Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint ‘survival’ whispers from one of ESA’s Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for exploring the Red Planet.

Views of ESA's 35m ESTRACK deep-space tracking station at Malargüe, Argentina, now supporting many of the Agency's most important exploration missions, including Rosetta, Mars Express, ExoMars, LISA Pathfinder and Gaia.

ESA boosting its Argentine link with deep space25 April 2017

ESA boosting its Argentine link with deep space25 April 2017 Thanks to some high-tech improvements, ESA’s radio dish in Argentina will be ready to receive the rising torrent of scientific data beamed back by future missions exploring deep in our Solar System.

This view shows Saturn's northern hemisphere in 2016, as that part of the planet nears its northern hemisphere summer solstice in May 2017

Catching Cassini’s call13 January 2017

Catching Cassini’s call13 January 2017 This week, ESA deep-space radio dishes on two continents are listening for signals from the international Cassini spacecraft, now on its final tour of Saturn.

Ready for the Red Planet14 October 2016

Ready for the Red Planet14 October 2016 Next week, ESA’s ExoMars has just a single chance to get captured by Mars’ gravity. The spacecraft and the mission controllers who will make it so are ready for arrival.

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