On This Day In Space Oct. 15, 1997 Cassini-Huygens Launches To Saturn

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It lifted off aboard a Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It took almost seven years for Cassini to reach Saturn, with the spacecraft entering orbit around the ringed planet in 2004. …

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