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Originally launched in 1997 the Cassini-Huygens mission was one of the largest space probes ever, a massive space exploration mission which would spend over a decade orbiting Saturn and sending back over 600 gigabytes of scientific data.
Using data and images from NASA’s Cassini team I talk about the voyages.
(and yes I mispronounce a couple of moon names)
Background Music is by Kai Angel
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/
https://www.kai-engel.com/
‘daemones’
‘daedalus’
‘Chance’
‘Denoument’
‘modum’
‘periculum’
In the meantime, Voyager 2 launched in 1977 is still going. Yay!
I really enjoyed this video scott, the narration and story you told was great
Wow all the human race in one single picture (plus most of the solar system, and actually a pretty significant portion of the universe)
Great video Scott! Thank you!
Excelente vídeo. Parabéns! Excellent video. Congratulations!
Amazing narration! Almost cried here, excellent job!
Yay, propellers! The one you showed is called “Santos Dumont” afaik.
Im currently working on my phd about the sharp gap edges of the Encke and Keeler gaps in the outer A ring. The guy who predicted the propeller structures before Cassini arrived at Saturn is my professor
The probes a year older then me I remember watching the Nova about Cassini (loved that show) when I was in grade 2 in 2005 … man how time fly’s.
Glad for the commentary, but also glad that you left the companion video without a voice track.
I really hope that the Titan Saturn System Mission happens at some point.
“(it)’ll be (…) a physical reminder of Cassini’s magnificent voyage”
it’s like, they’ll get there, see that on the ground and think:
“Look how far we’ve thrown thrash. We’re awesome.”
Wow. 1997 What a year to be born.
So Cassini was destroyed to protect Enceladus? How was Cassini putting it in danger? The plutonium power source? Was it in danger of colliding with the moon or one of the others?
A beautiful dedication to this space probe!
Love your mission retrospective and history video’s like this. Keep up the good work!
Science rocks. And rings!
¡outstanding!
Great video, Scott! Summarizes well everything Cassini did.
RIP, Cassini. You were a good little ship.
Cassini’s mission has officially ended.
Dark energy has not yet been discovered. It’s only hypothetical.
Beautiful video Scott, very very well done.
Thanks for this well-done overview of the mission.
Thank you for making this beautiful video!
Great Video, Scott. Thank you man. Cheers from Brazil!
Man- imagine if a laythe-like planet was out home. The system of a gas giant is crazy – how many moon missions would we have done at our tech level?
Great video Scott! I really like this mission review format…why not do more of it?
10:25 – I just found my new desktop background.
Thank you, cassini for this amazing picture and thank you scott for this amazing video!
Of course you would make a video of this. Of course I wouldn’t think to look for it until 6 days after the fact. Woops.
Really a very well done recap.
applause !!
amazing, thanks for this video.. the best sum of the Cassini adventure.
Excellent Video Scott! Thank you!
You shall ride forever, Cassini. Shiny and chrome!
I hope it sends back some pictures of Valhalla when it gets there.
Not many people can make a 20 minute long video so interesting. Nice job!
Hey Scott. I started watching you videos to get better at ksp. but i really like the non ksp stuff too. Big fan! love what you do
R.I.P cassini 1997-2017 your service to humanity will never be forgotten.
Farwell Cassini. You have done a great job.
Wow. What a fabulous mini documentary on this amazing mission. Thank you for putting this together. Great Educational Material.
I really enjoy these high detail science vids.
Thank you Scott for sharing this amazingly well-illustrated narrative of one of the most incredible machine sent to far space.
MY GOD is our solar system BEAUTIFUL
That Ending was quite… Emotional… Felt like a funeral…
Well done, Scott!
I just knew this video would come and I’ve been looking forward to it. Thx Scott.
Fascinating. Excellent video Mr. Scott!
You cannot ask for a better send off i you tried! Good game great Scott!
man, all the knowledge and effort you put in this video is amazing! keep it up bro👍👍
Stunning! Goodbye Cassini and thanks for all the pictures!
Thank you for your awesome summary of Cassini’s wonderful mission.
Beautiful video Scott. Thank you very much.
Fantastic video … will be showing it to my kids as soon as possible… many thanks.
Thank you for the overview of the mission Scott. I really enjoyed it.
Incredible images. Thank you for sharing this Scott.
Rip Cassini 1997-2017. Rip Oppy 2004-2019
Wow. This was incredible. Thank you, Scott!
Me: *Gets a space ad before the video*
Also me: WOOOHOOOO SPACE MOVIE YAY
Cassini may be gone but the elementary materials it was made of are now part of Saturn. Its become one with it subject.
/clap
GREAT VIDEO Scott! I’d love it if you did a space show on a nature channel some day.
Fascinating images and story.
this is very well done, I hope it becomes a very popular video for you. I watched the ad’s all the way through so you would get some more pennies!
Thank you for this video. Absolutely outstanding.
We are some tiny ants in a slightly less tiny sandbox in a Universe that is so huge that we will never be able to understand it all. But thankfully some brilliant men give us the opportunity to sometimes discover little chunks of it. This is a wonderful thing. What a time to be alive.
Damn Scott that ending straight up made me cry
FAREWELL CASSINI! YOU WILL BE MISSED!
It’s pronounced “enchiladas”
Remember all the people protesting the launch because of the RTGs it had on board, and they were afraid of it crashing and spreading radioactive death? Let that be a lesson to you, kids: ignore such naysayers and always press on no matter what. Nothing bad can ever happen that way
Scott, I think it’s time you start Narrating astronomy shows for the Discovery channel and Nat Geo etc. I love your narration on these short talks!
Wow! What a stunningly beautiful video!
Staying up all night so I can watch the JPL live stream. And floating in Saturn’s vicinity in Elite Dangerous as an homage.
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Cassini, you will be sorely missed! It flew for 20 years but the project started 15 years before launch. I hope there are projects started today that will become equally awesome in the coming decades. Get on it, Planetary Society!
The music volume and type this time was better for me. Thx!
I was born about 15 days before the first Venus gravity assist.
Hey Scott, would you be able to do a video explaining Lagrange points? I’ve been researching it recently and still don’t really understand it. I feel like it’s something you’d be able to explain well though! Thanks
Goodnight, sweet prince, and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Hopefully, you can hear them over the aerobraking.
These 17 and a half minutes were more inspiring, interesting, informative, emotional, well written and visually put together than the last 500 minutes of Hollywood I have seen.
And they felt like time well spent, not wasted.
Thanks Scott!
This probe holds a special place in my heart because it entered Saturn’s orbit the day I was born.
Mimas looks like the death star. Saturn has ring rings that are probably from a moon that was destroyed. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Thank u Scott, Just amazing….
Hyperion is also the name of an epic poem by John Keats which in turn gave its name to my favorite book series: The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons <3
Awesome, as always
You almost made me tear up at the end.
The outro saved me.
Fascinating stuff, Scott. Thank you doing doing these kinds of thing. Fly safe, homie.
RIP Cassini Huygens
1997-2017
You and your discoveries will never be forgotten.
why am i so sad
may you rest in peace cassini btw
#RIPCassini
if there’s one thing i can be proud of, its that i outlived one of NASA’s probes.
I feel Cassini should receive a full ceremony and a 21 gun salute.
This is the kind of video that could easily inspire someone to go into astronomy or want to work for NASA on building the next outer solar system probe. Imagine what they could do with modern HD cameras and improved storage devices and radio protocols. Shame we’re unlikely to get any funding for meaningful NASA activity during the next few years…
Well put together, great narration.
One of your best videos Mr Manley, more of this please. I subbed for KSP but I stay for the science!
14:50 “Cassiny has spent over a decade orbiting Jupiter”
Damn you, Jupiter, stealing our satellites!
RIP Cassini, you will always be loved, missed and fondly remembered :(. Then you realise that we’re talking about a robotic probe.
And anyway, every good space mission includes an explosion at some point!
So… How many science points does earth get from this one satellite? I was hoping we would have enough to unlock Ion Propulsion
Rest in peace Cassini. You bettered are understanding of science and Saturn. You will be lost but not forgotten.
When Scott Manley says ‘explorers’ it sounds like ‘exploders’. I’m not sure if it’s because of his accent or hist time with KSP.
“Cassini has spent over a decade at Jupiter” obviously you mean Saturn.
*_R.I.P Cassini 1997-2017_*
Technically, it’s not re-entering Saturn, it’s just entering.
Magnificent video Scott, magnificent video.
14:48 “Cassini has spent more than a decade at Jupiter”
Whoopsie daisies, Scott!
When cassini launched did you have -hair- a non aerodynamic head?
Cassini has more character development then that of a superhero in DC movies. Almost teared up knowing that Cassini’s life would end.