Titan flyby 22 April 2017
Date: 24 April 2017
Satellite: Cassini
Depicts: Titan
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
In the early hours of Saturday morning, 22 April, the international Cassini-Huygens mission made its final close flyby of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, coming within 1000 km of the atmosphere-clad world.
This raw, unprocessed image was captured by the Cassini spacecraft during the flyby. Taken on 21 April 2017, at 17:17 UTC, it is one of the many images that can be found in the Cassini raw image archive.
Cassini-Huygens is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA and ASI, the Italian space agency.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
