Cassini, un viaggio lungo 20 anni

This July 23, 2008 image made available by NASA shows the planet Saturn, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. After a 20-year voyage, Cassini is poised to dive into Saturn on Friday, Sept. 15, 2016.
 (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute via AP)
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 26, 1997 file photo, a technician checks the heatshield of the space probe Huygens in the cleanroom of Dornier Satellitensysteme GmbH in Ottobrunn, Germany, near Munich. The probe will be carried by NASA's Cassini orbiter and is designed to explore Saturn's moon Titan. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)
This  June 9, 2017 image made available by NASA shows bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn's moon Titan, along with dark hydrocarbon lakes and seas clustered around the north pole, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP)
Engineer Nancy Vandermay, left, wipes her tears in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after confirmation of Cassini's demise Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Pasadena , Calif. Cassini disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Engineer Mar Vaquero monitors the status of NASA's Cassini spacecraft as it enters the atmosphere of Saturn in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. Cassini disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Flight director Julie Webster gets emotional in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after confirmation of Cassini's demise Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. Cassini disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
This Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 image made available by NASA on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 shows the northern hemisphere of Saturn as seen from the Cassini spacecraft on its descent towards the planet. The probe disintegrated in the skies above the Saturn early Friday after a 20-year mission. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP)

L’ultimo tuffo nell’atmosfera di Saturno ha fatto cadere, come previsto, il segnale della sonda Cassini, lanciata da Nasa, Esa e Asi 20 anni fa, nel 1997. La missione quindi si è conclusa dopo ben 13 anni di corse tra le lune, tra cui il grande Titano, e gli anelli del pianeta, lasciando in eredità preziose indicazioni per conoscere gli altri pianeti del Sistema solare. La distruzione della sonda alla velocità di 113 mila km/h è stata infatti programmata per evitare eventuali collisioni che metterebbero a rischio future scoperte di questi mondi dove si pensa che qualche forma di vita potrebbe nascere. La sonda era intitolata a Domenico Cassini, astronomo italiano del XVII sec., che per primo iniziò a studiare gli anelli di Saturno e a scoprire quattro lune (foto Ap)

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