After 20 years exploring Saturn and it's moons, Cassini is running out of propellants.
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It's done very well..paulw -
Yes it has, we got our money's worth out of Cassini.
New Horizons carries on after Pluto, now on it's way to a Jan. 2019 encounter with 2014 MU69 - a large Kuiper Belt Object and likely another minor planet.Dr. Mordrid
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Best way to handle the planetary protection issues as regards Enceladus, Titan etc.Dr. Mordrid
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