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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 884490" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>And a possible 63rd - confirmed - moon in the making </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27056698" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27056698</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>which may of course be something to do with flying through the rings in the first place some ten years back.</p><p></p><p><em>Scientists and engineers breathed a sigh of relief late Wednesday at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a signal indicated first that Cassini — launched nearly seven years ago — safely passed through the ring plane and then performed a crucial engine firing. It squeezed through a gap in Saturn’s shimmering rings, fired its brakes and settled into a near-perfect orbit around the giant planet.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5333700/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/saturn-probe-sends-stunning-ring-views/#.U1rw7VVdXQ0" target="_blank">http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5333700/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/saturn-probe-sends-stunning-ring-views/#.U1rw7VVdXQ0</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 884490, member: 175144"] And a possible 63rd - confirmed - moon in the making [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27056698[/url] which may of course be something to do with flying through the rings in the first place some ten years back. [I]Scientists and engineers breathed a sigh of relief late Wednesday at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a signal indicated first that Cassini — launched nearly seven years ago — safely passed through the ring plane and then performed a crucial engine firing. It squeezed through a gap in Saturn’s shimmering rings, fired its brakes and settled into a near-perfect orbit around the giant planet.[/I] [url]http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5333700/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/saturn-probe-sends-stunning-ring-views/#.U1rw7VVdXQ0[/url] [/QUOTE]
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