Cassini

What is "CASSINI"?

• The name of a Saturn's moon

• A spacecraft

• A space agency

• The last name of a famous astronomer

How long was the mission of the spacecraft?

• 20 years

• 22 years

• 11 years

• 17 years

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Cassini is a joint project of:

• European Space Agency

• France Space Agency

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Italian Space Agency

What was the mission of the spacecraft?

• Take and send photographs and information of Jupiter

• Discover water and dust in Jupiter

• Discover water and dust in Saturn

• Take and send photographs and information of Saturn

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What did the scientists learn from Cassini mission?

• Cassini is orbiting Saturn yet.

• Ice and dust make up Saturn's rings.

• Saturn has 62 moons orbiting Saturn.

• Cassini could not get too much information of Saturn.

One of the most important discoveries Cassini made was that...

• they used to think Saturn had 17 moons, but now they know there are actually 62.

• completed its first orbit of the planet on July 1, 2004.

• Cassini’s mission was supposed to end in 2008, but was extended to 2017.

• there is warm, liquid water under the ice that covers one of Saturn’s smaller moons, Enceladus.

Encedalaus is a moon that...

• could be similar to the conditions that led to the development of life on Earth.

• is the biggest moon of Saturn.

• it was going to be next mission Cassini would carry out.

• they want to explore the next mission.

In what year was the mission supposed to end?

• 2020

• 2017

• 2008

• 1997

Who is John River?

• An investigator.

• A famous astronaut.

• A well known scientist.

• A famous astronomer

What did John River mention about Cassini and its desctruction?

• there was no chance that microbes from Earth would contaminate any possible life on Saturn.

• there was a possibility to contaminate Saturn with microbes from Earth after descruction.

• there was a possibility to contaminate Saturn with microbes from Earth before descruction.

• it could also destroyed the Saturn's rings and surface.