On Oct. 15, 1997, a seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn began with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. This spectacular streak shot was taken from Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a solid rocket booster retrieval ship in the foreground.

Cassini–Huygens was launched on October 15, 1997, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 using a U.S. Air Force Titan IVB/Centaur rocket. The complete launcher was made up of a two-stage Titan IV booster rocket , two strap-on solid rocket engines , the Centaur upper stage, and a payload enclosure, or fairing.

2024年2月22日 · Launch from Cape Canaveral. A nearly seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn began with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe. Both the orbiter and the probe were history-making triumphs of engineering and scientific discovery. April 25, 1998 First Venus Flyby

2024年11月5日 · Cassini was a sophisticated robotic spacecraft sent to study Saturn and its complex system of rings and moons in unprecedented detail. It was one of the most ambitious efforts ever mounted in planetary exploration.

1997年10月15日 · NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings. End of Mission as Cassini begins Final Entry into Saturn's Atmosphere.

2016年3月23日 · Cassini-Huygens Launch. On October 15, 1997, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched on an almost 7-year journey to the Saturn system. On its way, Cassini– Huygens passes Venus (twice), Earth, and Jupiter — arriving at the Saturn system in 2004.

1997年10月15日 · A snapshot of some of the impressive numbers Cassini amassed during its 20 year mission. Launch: Oct. 15, 1997, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Launch vehicle: Titan IVB/ Centaur. Venus flybys: April 26, 1998, at 176 miles (234 km); June 24, 1999, at 370 miles (600 kilometers)

2024年10月15日 · NASA Lewis Launched the Largest and Most Complex Deep-Space Mission to Date. In the early 1980s, NASA began planning the first-ever in-depth study of the planet Saturn. The mission would use the Cassini orbiter designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the European Space Agency’s Huygens lander.

Cassini was one of the largest and most complex interplanetary spacecraft ever, weighing in at 5,600 kilograms (12,300 pounds) at launch. That included 32.7 kilograms (72 pounds) of plutonium to power the spacecraft and its instruments.

2017年6月28日 · It took seven years for Cassini to make the trip from Earth’s surface to Saturn’s orbit. The two-story-tall spacecraft reached Saturn on June 30, 2004, to begin unprecedented surveys of the planet and its brilliant rings, along with Saturn’s eclectic system of moons.