Article 3275Z Cassini's final moments: Nasa spacecraft sends last signals on Saturn death plunge – as it happened

Cassini's final moments: Nasa spacecraft sends last signals on Saturn death plunge – as it happened

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Ian Sample
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After 20 years and a journey of eight billion kilometres, Cassini has fallen silent following its dive towards Saturn

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We are going to wrap up the liveblog now. You can find our news story on the fiery demise of Cassini here, and our piece on what we learned from the mission here. It was an incredible mission. Thanks for joining us for the end.

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Cassini gave us Saturn, but also gave us Earth - as only deep space could reveal: Small. Frail. Lonely. Steeped in darkness. pic.twitter.com/zjF6jNUFyU

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