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    Cassini Spacecraft Re-Establishes Contact After 'Dive' Between Saturn And Its Rings

    The Cassini probe has orbited Saturn for 13 years. This is the first time it entered the gap between the planet and its rings.
    by Mark Katkov Apr 27, 2017 1 minute
    An image taken on July 19, 2013, by the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn, its rings and planet Earth, which is the tiny dot in the lower right.

    NASA's Cassini spacecraft re-established contact with ground controllers shortly before 3 a.m. ET after passing through the gap between Saturn and the planet's rings. NASA says the probe is now beaming

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