NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has said its final goodbye to Titan

Just a few days before it is due to plummet into the fiery atmosphere of Saturn on its self-destruct mission, Cassini has completed its final flyby of the moon Titan.

The spacecraft passed Titan at 73,974 miles (119,049 kilometres) above the moon’s surface, in a symbolic ‘goodbye kiss’ flyby that will provide the spacecraft with one last nudge of gravitational energy to send it to its end.

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