Solar System

Cassini: The Wonder of Saturn

Aug. 24, 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has explored the Saturn system since 2004, re-writing our understanding of the giant planet, its rings, moons and magnetosphere.

Transcript

[computer beeping]

[Text] Cassini: The Wonder of Saturn

[Ethereal music]

[Text] Saturn radio emissions
[radio sounds]

[Text] Ring shadows

[Text] Saturn and Titan

[Text] The hexagon jet stream

[Text] Saturn's north polar vortex

[Text] Audio: Saturn aurora

[Text] Saturn's dynamic rings

[Text] A system in motion

[Text] The 30-year storm

[Text] The grandest of finales

[Text] To truly reveal the wonder of Saturn, we had to go there.

[Text] The Wonder of Saturn

LOGO: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology