Space probes News
Although most of the technology NASA needs for such a mission does not exist yet, it could involve travelling at one-tenth the speed of light.
Cassini has been orbiting Saturn for nearly a half of a Saturnian year but that journey is nearing its end.
The rings themselves are made of fast-moving particles of ice and space debris.
Not just Mars, but China also plans to take its deep space exploration program forward by launching a probe to Jupiter.
In a new image released by NASA, the visible features are a mixture of tectonics – the bright, linear features – and impact cratering – the round features, which are spread across the entire surface.
Earlier in Cassini's mission, Saturn's shadow over its rings stretched completely across, covering all them.
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