NASA releases Cassini's final, breathtaking images of Saturn - Daily Mail

At 07:56 EST (12:56 BST) Cassini was confirmed to have dived into Saturn's atmosphere (artist's impression pictured left) travelling at a speed of roughly 70,000 miles per hour in its final suicide mission. Upon receiving the news, Earl Maize, program manager for Cassini, announced: 'The signal from the spacecraft has gone. Congratulations, this has been an incredible mission and incredible spacecraft.' Engineer Nancy Vandermay (bottom right) wipes her tears in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cassini science team member Nora Alonge (top right) reacts after the final loss of signal from the Cassini spacecraft is confirmed, indicating Cassini's destruction in Saturn's atmosphere and the end of Cassini's 20-year mission Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetec... Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/scie... Daily Mail Facebook:   / dailymail   Daily Mail IG:   / dailymail   Daily Mail Snap:   / 8392137033   Daily Mail Twitter:   / mailonline   Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail/posts Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile