Watch Live: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Self-Destructs in 'Grand Finale' on Saturn

Farewell to all that: An artist's rendering of Cassini's final approach to Saturn

Science Watch Live: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Self-Destructs in 'Grand Finale' on Saturn NASA will bid farewell to its history-making Cassini spacecraft, which has been studying Saturn for more than a dozen years and is slated to self-destruct in a “grand finale” on the

Science Farewell to the Cassini Probe, America's Emissary to Saturn TIME's Jeffrey Kluger writes an appreciation of Cassini, one of NASA's finest ships, as it crashes into Saturn after years of exploration

Science These Stunning Photos of Saturn Are a Beautiful Goodbye From NASA’s Cassini Probe The Cassini spacecraft will take a plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday after spending 20 years flying through the solar system and commit one final act: self-destruction. The NASA

Spacex Falcon 9 one second after take off.

U.S.'Its Just a Scratch.' SpaceX Shares Bloopers Video of Rockets Exploding SpaceX chief Elon Musk can afford to poke fun at his early, pioneering efforts at rocket recycling, now that his private company has pulled off 16 successful booster landings. The most recent occurred last week in Florida

Science Episode 8 of the Podcast 'Countdown': Collision in Space Nothing stands still in orbit. To stop is to die — or at least to come plummeting back to the ground. That’s the nature of the forces that keep spacecraft flying, with their altitude and

Voyager 1 and its identical sister craft Voyager 2 were launched in 1977 to study the outer Solar System and eventually interstellar space.

Science 'A Kind of Immortality.' Carl Sagan's Widow Ann Druyan on Voyager 1's 40th Anniversary The greatest conceptual art pieces ever mounted have been on exhibit for nearly 40 years now. The admission is free and the art is first rate, but you’re never going to get a chance to enjoy it

U.S.What's on Record-Setting Astronaut Peggy Whitson's Wish List After 9 Months in Space?After 9 ½ months in orbit, what's on Peggy Whitson's wish list? Will the record-setting NASA astronaut miss anything about space life? The record-setting NASA astronaut answers questions

Astronaut Luca Parmitano Returns To Earth Onboard Soyuz TMA-09M

Science Episode 7 of the Podcast 'Countdown:' The Strange Case of the Drowning Astronaut There are a lot of things to like about walking in space—except for the fact that you can’t scratch your nose. A spacesuit, after all, is really more of a space vehicle, with its own

Science The Cassini Spacecraft Will Soon Commit Suicide on Saturn. Here's What to Know After more than a decade of exploring Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft will soon commit suicide by plunging into the planet it has been documenting for years. The spacecraft launched nearly 20 years

Science The Spacecraft Cassini Captured the First Detailed View of Saturn’s North Pole The Cassini spacecraft, fast approaching its final days after more than a decade of exploring Saturn, captured a view of the planet’s north pole in April as it neared the gap between Saturn and

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