NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale

[@christopherscarpino8994]

In 1994, as one of my first assignments as a new engineer for the OFC Corporation, I was asked to work on the optics for Cassini. My partner and I worked on the coatings for the VIMS optics. In the fall of 1994, six optical sets passed QC and were hand-carried by JPL to Cincinnati Electronics for assembly in the VIMS unit. I still have one of the optics that failed QC and didn't make the flight. It's sitting here on my desk right now. Working on Cassini was probably the most important contribution I ever made as an engineer. Just to think of it up there, orbiting Saturn, has been a daily inspiration to me.

[@ChooseU4ever]

Christopher Scarpino thank you for your contributions

[@churcillcrocodile]

This gave me goosebumps! Mad props to you good sir. Be proud!

[@cjay2]

I share your feelings. I helped design 3 sections of the transponder, for 6 years, at JPL. It's like watching a friend pass away. Definitely one of the best life-decisions I ever made was accepting that position at JPL.

[@haimantibagchi1540]

wow, amazing...its a pleasure for us to hear that from you!

[@avimohan6594]

Wow. This is one awesome comment. Good for you, Sir.

[@jetmike747]

I don't know why, but the line "On the final orbit, Cassini will plunge into Saturn, fighting to keep it's antenna pointed at Earth" gets me sad. Almost like it's trying as hard it can to make us proud one last time

[@Dominion69420]

And it has. RIP Cassini. 1997-2017

[@PanduPoluan]

Through its 20-year mission, Cassini never failed us. Until the very end. Excuse me there are ninjas cutting onions nearby...

[@jbkitty91990]

STAHP

[@rahulghosh6049]

Absolutely same feeling.

[@miyu-miyu9771]

Mike Lipani yeahh I cried on that line too! I was thinking couldn't they just re-fuel Cassini?

[@forrestprather2678]

I cried a little at the end. Godspeed you brave robot, solitary space explorer, font of knowledge, the tip of humanity's shallow reach.

[@Skyfox94]

Damn right sir and i didn't just a little.

[@rodexccs]

Forrest Prather and I'm still looking for a tissue....what a tribute for a great great explorer

[@KurisuYamato]

You aren't the only one. I cried a bit as well.

[@KEVIN-dk5tz]

me too

[@AEGIPAN101]

A little? I cried a lot. Cassini has been one of my favourite spacecraft. Godspeed indeed

[@priyeshpal987]

"As cassini becomes the part of the planet itself ". The line touched my heart ❤❤❤

[@priyeshpal987]

@@surajpratap4204 truly

[@simbalg4668]

Even now I can't understand why I almost cry every time I watch this video

[@airplaneengine1900]

Coolskeleton 95 cuz the filming was beautiful

[@carnyzack]

Oh good, I'm not the only one.

[@carnyzack]

You're not real, man!

[@AstroBalrog]

RIGHT there with you!

[@runirokk]

It's because we're all in it, our entire history has wound up to this point and it is going to "die". Mundane things that happen down here on earth are often so random, motivated by negative things and tainted paths. This is just pure and beautiful ...and coming to an end.

[@Brand131]

Brave little spacecraft. **wipes away a tear**

[@ghosttownhunts]

Awesome.

[@jovanihigashikata3658]

:(

[@crystal-_-modzz985]

ikr I thought I was the only one who felt emotion about this

[@dmtd2388]

they should bring it back home it has history,but they cant.

[@sagebrushrepair]

yep...

[@toffer99]

This is sheer poetry: "Where methane rivers run, into a methane sea." "Ruled by raging storms and delicate harmonies of gravity."

[@ej28]

not really raging storms, although that''s true it would be better for jupiter. maybe something more calm

[@ArchDennam]

Eucalyptus Compare it to Earth's ones and you've got a raging storm.

[@henrysmith7276]

This, to give a sense of wonder to the already known is a gift few posses.

[@rcdcrichard]

This video actually won a 2018 Emmy Award! It is THAT good.

[@carolinagoldgirl8706]

Really?

[@charlie7mason]

@@carolinagoldgirl8706 As a matter of fact, yes. NASA was nominated for, and won the Emmy for this video. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7232

[@meddlemedley740]

Totally deserved it

[@KakashiHATAKE-eg7bh]

Really

[@godsbeautifulflatearth]

The NASA CARTOON NETWORK

[@Enchantd08]

I can't help but cry. When you think about it, it's so beautiful. Setting out on a mission into a literal unknown world, doing your part to provide the home base with as much information as you can while withstanding brutal energy, rocks,etc for 20 years. Realizing your time is coming to an end but you keep your work as your priority....until the final moment. I wonder how the engineers must feel? The scientists? I imagine it's like listening to the last words of a fallen comrade staring at the face of death, unwavering and telling you to stick with the mission and be safe.

[@ScottNebekerizer]

I was there, at JPL with those scientists and engineers and you're exactly right. Julie Webster, a Spacecraft Operations Team Manager for Cassini, called it a "perfect spacecraft" and it really was.

[@abstract5249]

I'm sure tears were shed by many scientists and engineers, but I think comparing it to the death of a comrade is a bit extreme. Witnessing the death of a living human being who was personally there with you when both your lives were in danger is deeply traumatizing and can induce permanent emotional and psychological devastation. Many of these people need strong, lifelong support from family and professionals after having gone through such traumatizing experiences. I don't think most scientists and engineers would describe the end of Cassini in the same way.

[@thequitekidattheback]

Cassini: Was I a good spacecraft? Death: No, I heard you were the best.

[@inzane456]

Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, New Horizons: Am I a joke to you?

[@devU_69]

@@inzane456 new horizons is probably the best among all..just a thought.

[@utkarsh_sh]

There's no word for achievements of Cassini

[@WarhammerWings]

The first starship we build MUST be called Cassini.

[@83056]

Drat! Reading this made me shed tears.

[@TheMushopiaChannel]

Feel for the scientists and the engineers who made this little probe. To them, it would be nothing short of their child, millions of kilometers away, unseen for twenty years, and taking hours to respond to the simplest of commands, yet it continues to make its parents proud, and delivering what is requested. The suspense and anxiety those mission controllers must have felt in the last twenty years have to result in some kind of emotion bond to that little computer. Imagine sending your daughter out into the unknown, facing countless dangers and always playing the odds, running on processors two decades old yet still functioning and transmitting massive amounts of data home, never giving up. The little probe has made hundreds of maneuvers, each one painstakingly planned and executed, each one biting into her fuel reserves, each one bringing her closer to her end. Imagine the programmers who gave her the knowledge to keep herself safe, the engineers who designed her to be our eyes and ears, and the flight controllers who worked nonstop for twenty years to keep their child safe. To some it will be their entire career, others their magnum opus, but for all of us Cassini is our trailblazer, for in her footsteps we must follow. We must continue to send our robotic creations into the abyss, so that someday we might go ourselves, wielding all the knowledge these brave children of ours have collected. Our descendants might never find Cassini after her cremation into Saturn, but they will go where Cassini has gone, see what Cassini has seen, and they will remember her and thank her for leading them there. Cassini might not be able to think as we humans do, or talk as we can, but she is more human than many of us will ever be, she embodies our spirit of courage, curiosity, fascination and exploration, embarking on a one way trip in the hopes that others will follow. Don't be afraid to shed a tear for our little girl, be afraid that we might let her down, and to squander her efforts. Next time you see a bright star in the low summer sky, glistening over the horizon, just know that Cassini is there, beckoning you to come visit her.

[@somritdewan6823]

Mushopia Those lines are amazing

[@diyag547]

Mushopia woaah

[@livintolearn7053]

Okay.....you too need to be narrating that video. THAT WAS AWESOMEEEE!!! ALL HAIL CASSINI

[@conneelyb]

Beautifully said!

[@Clinterpottrmus]

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[@solovevkiril]

Cassini’s last message: I know now why you cry, but that’s something I can never do. Goodbye.

[@Greippi10]

Thumbs up

[@burningfury4065]

Terminator: judgment day

[@matthewmondragon2074]

If cassini has reflect a digital face in a monitor like an AI, was crying, but smilling as well... And this message and mu think is probablj was the "face" of Cassini satelite, make me sad more... I'm crying now

[@jaycemacinnis2228]

What happened to Cassini

[@jaycemacinnis2228]

How did you get Cassini's final message to JPL

[@JimmyFoxhound]

This is one of the things I love about being human, we can give life to a piece of metal thought words and sound. I felt emotions and maybe even shed a tear at this. It's just a spacecraft crashing into a planet, but it becomes so much more. Great video! Wish it had a non-narration version just to enjoy the beautiful sights and great music.

[@memerichment]

It's just a spacecraft, but built by actual human beings who poured their hearts and souls into thousands of hours of engineering effort. ;_;7

[@spongebitchbobface]

It's called the mute button...

[@mikethespike056]

@@spongebitchbobface at first I thought that but... music

[@janosskublics7438]

nO BeCUs ErtH IS FLAaaAAaAt!

[@jlbyler22]

Well that gave me goosebumps. I hadn't thought about it before but, I mean what is life really? Depends on how you define it, but it could be argued that we put so much effort into finding life in outer space, and in doing so, we've *brought* life into outer space.

[@ya64]

You can't but feel an emotional connection to Cassini in its final moments. Even though it's an inanimate object, the fact that it has a name, you automatically create an emotional attachment to it and makes you want it to succeed in whatever it was built to do. And that's why it's sad to see it be destroyed. Even if its mission was a success. So, thank you Cassini!

[@vikistefanus8510]

Don't forget about the music...

[@BigOSnackary]

nelmaven man I play Destiny and this for some reason makes me want to go to Saturn in Destiny

[@MossPalone]

*Do not go gentle into the good night. Rage. Rage against the dying of the light.* Wipes tear

[@yeehaw9549]

Jude Lau Do not go gentle into that good night

[@Dominion69420]

Ha... *wipes tear and salutes Cassini*

[@Jack-qi7ef]

It’s been almost 2 years and I still cry every time I watch this.

[@Balance2097]

Same. Tears run down my face and nothing else is like it- other than the movie Contact

[@salomonarreguin3748]

Its 2020, and still making me shed a tear.

[@Weirdcreaturefromspace]

@Learn English - بالعربي No, it was completely unmanned

[@Julio-Ces4r]

@@salomonarreguin3748 true

[@jorabo4a754]

@Learn English - بالعربي конечно были, 100 человек полетело

[@Lord_Magikarp]

Cassini taught me a beautiful life lesson: Do your best, till you last! Such a sad moment....

[@augustaverbian]

Thank you Cassini, you'll be apart of human pride... I don't understand, why did I cried for a machine.

[@Unitology-Church]

Because you see this in a single life ! Just in a single life ! And this is a great thing ! Like a Solar Eclipse ! You see this just in a single life ! After dead ............. is nothing else !

[@yeehaw9549]

It’s fine that you cried it reached its end but did not end as a machine.......it ended as a warrior

[@RuminatingKiwi927]

Albi Teah Maulana music changes everything , also an outstanding work for those people making this video

[@DogOnAShip]

Less war, More space, that's what humanity needs.

[@Isaac_E_M]

It’s crazy that we literally took pieces of our planet and gave it to a much bigger planet to have

[@rockopeace]

This is the best video FX I've ever seen by NASA. Amazing. I'm crying. :')

[@idjles]

Except for the Moon Landing. haha lol.

[@MizaT11]

Barış Tekin agreed :')

[@cromlek6977]

Barış Tekin Clearly!

[@Azivegu]

Cassini deserves nothing less than the absolute best

[@jello069]

unfl4tt3r3rd no one EVER stepped on the moon

[@ROCKETLEAGUE-FX]

Arigato cassini

[@FawksClips]

Rocket League FX Omg I thought you were a fake.

[@Discite]

JosephBane who ???

[@biggestpanda8969]

What are you doing here haha, but yes, a very big thank you from me.

[@adastra2238]

Delete this, please.

[@eruno_]

*Arigatō

[@jaemurl]

Dear NASA JPL - Who created this video? PLEASE have them do all your space videos. The graphics and rendering qualities are in a different level. Best I've seen from you yet!

[@danheidel]

I'd bet good money that is made be Erik Wernquist. vimeo.com/erikwernquist You can see some of the CGI assets reused from his Wanderers film. He also did a really awesome promo film for New Horizons a couple years back.

[@Rebumai]

oh yeah I loved his New Horizons vid.

[@kitnaylor7267]

I think it might actually be the same music as the New Horizons video - it certainly has many similar shots and angles. IMHO it has Wernquist's fingerprints all over it.

[@jaemurl]

OMG I've seen that New Horizons video because it was featured on Vimeo's Staff pick! You're so right, I can see the similarities! NASA, hire him as your visual director! ;)

[@Keavon]

You are correct, he has this video posted on his Vimeo channel.

[@Maple-Lizard]

Became part of the planet it studied. How bitter sweet. It's kinda sad.

[@yusramzuri6338]

What happened i’m confused i can’t understand????😢😳🤯

[@jaebeumlee6760]

@@yusramzuri6338 Becuase of possible contamination of saturn's moons from possible microbes on the craft, (in case we leave it in the orbit and then it eventually collides with titan or enceladus where life seems quite possible), they decided to just launch it inside saturn making it burn up in the atmosphere, being part of saturn

[@namanyadav6743]

Wow, i never knew that a spacecraft can make me cry

[@eversere6973]

Totally agree 😭

[@SuperSMT]

How about this: xkcd.com/695/

[@SuperSMT]

Alice Mary Muhleisen - Have you seen this version? i.pinimg.com/736x/76/e3/ea/76e3ea9cf955bf0ea698aa0e782a9f9c.jpg

[@alexsimare]

Bcoz wr are a human being with heart

[@raymond5705]

Then you've clearly never read 17776

[@hughjanus3899]

Feels like a person dying not a probe. Feels bad man

[@SobboMonkeVR]

Hugh Janus Yeah I know the music and the dying probe

[@alexa.davronov1537]

RIP

[@ChefBuckeye]

I agree, literally the night after hearing its news of it beginning its grand finale I cried for a good 15 minutes. Its funny how even if something isn't human we still attach feelings with it. Whether it be a robot, a car or a pet.

[@eex4611]

Feels like a hero is dying

[@devonboes2376]

Its like NASA watching their child plummet to it’s death

[@bungarychubbins]

My parents almost named me Cassini. I was born the same day it was launched, and only miles away from the launch sight 😊

[@automationsolution]

cheers katie!

[@ChooseU4ever]

Caitlyn Guenther-Smith You just gave me an idea. will name my baby Cassini

[@LunoliZ]

you surely can be proud of it and also you can name yourself Cassini whenever you want)

[@kolossalsquid1388]

Caitlyn Cassini Guenther-Smith 🌻✌

[@denic5152]

That's actually a cool name

[@gabrielpena2070]

I was just three months old when Cassini arrived Saturn... But Cassini is still in orbit around my heart.

[@eccentricgamer4111]

Cassini was launched only about a month before I was born. It'll be sad to see it go. Thanks to everyone who made this amazing mission possible.

[@eccentricgamer4111]

Well, that sucks for me. :P

[@Yowhatupkev18]

It ended on my birthday😳😔👌

[@mosellanleftist]

Cassini arrived at Saturn one day after my birth

[@hayypapi4281]

Same I was 96

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

Wow

[@YokozunaNumber1]

That was the best-looking CGI I've ever seen of space.

[@gavrifalcao]

Some of the images were actual pictures taken by Cassini

[@nikolajsheller]

You should see Erik Wernquist's previous short film 'Wanderers' from 2014, kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3mWlGSHj9-FgZY. 'Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist"', see saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/3016/making-cassinis-grand-finale/

[@Yesica1993]

I will check these out, thank you.

[@yangliao4326]

NASA's New Horizons' short film is also epic

[@josephk1342]

Oh cool, I'm a fan of Wernquist's work.

[@titipsy]

After a voyage of close to 20 years in space, Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn atmosphere by 10°N sooner than expected on 15th sep 2017 by 11h45 UT at a speed exceeding 112000 km/h or 31 km/s. The DSN network received its last scientific transmission of data store in memory at 11h46 UT. Due to the intense friction, Cassini broke apart and vaporized about 45 seconds after this final transmission. Farewell, Cassini.

[@An_art_appreciator]

Me: These inanimate objects would never make me cry. Cassini:

[@cringeworthyhumans160]

*I'M NOT CRYING* *WE ARE ALL CRYING*

[@limbercubas]

Yes

[@devonboes2376]

Agreed

[@atmodepth1216]

We agree

[@rozaimahros2429]

Saturn are beautiful planet in sky not down cloud

[@rozaimahros2429]

Agree

[@BerlinChild]

That final quote sure gave me goosebumps :3 Farewell Cassini, bro!

[@preefix33_3]

Berlin Child this would make a great movie!

[@rockpalace9919]

faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm

[@hechandhar]

Berlin Child ikr same

[@lilbob7]

Couldn't help but imagine Cassini asking as it fights to stay together over Saturn, "Earth, Did I do good?" You sure did, Cassini. You sure did ...

[@scoringbox2176]

Robert Lewis 😢

[@eliasheid947]

Know exactly what you mean, started getting teary at this was reminded of this: xkcd.com/695/ sounds ridiculous as I type it but you start to feel proud of our robotic friends among the stars

[@scoringbox2176]

elias heid plz tell me there's a sequel where opportunity comes in and rescues spirit and don't leave me hanging with that

[@eliasheid947]

Well... There's a comic that features Opportunity, but it's neither a really sequel nor particularly light here... xkcd.com/1504/ Protip: hover your mouse over the comic That aside I really recommend the whole web-comic and the associated What-If It's Nerd Heaven

[@scoringbox2176]

elias heid oh well, worth a shot

[@nathanhiga1783]

Rest In Peace Cassini! You will never be forgotten about you and your brave journey to Saturn. 1997-2017

[@miyu-miyu9771]

Everybody shed tears for Cassini but no one cared about little guy Huygens. 😢

[@misosalmonfromthecheesecak3387]

snicker doodles666 but Huygens didn’t burn up or run out of battery

[@kd_ramdhanysatrianugraha3658]

Huygens mission only lasted for about an hour. while the carrier Cassini has explore Saturn, its ring and moons for 13 years

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

@@misosalmonfromthecheesecak3387 it survived till its batteries *FROZE* Ergo it died

[@atmodepth1216]

F for both! They did their duty and fulfilled their destiny! They are heroes! They are the true Optimus Prime (or other heroic Autobots)! (don't cry anyone please)

[@josecabre5576]

Don’t worry about Huygens, he lives very happy on Titan’s surface :)

[@deathdoor]

13 years at Saturn... Wow, Cassini-Huygens is the best thing in the history of Space Exploration. And I feel that it's part of my life also, since the beginning waiting for the arrival, the Titan Landing, all the science that came, all the photos... One of the Humans Best Achievements.

[@ieuansymmonds6967]

don't for get voyager 1+2

[@JT-hi1cs]

Ieuan Symmonds V'ger wins.

[@FLATPOOL]

People...its fake...it doesnt exist ....combustion and propulsion are both not possible in a vacuum....wake up folks

[@CosmicGanks]

lol, STFU n00b, you can't even do basic maths, and you try to say something is fake, without knowing what to know, go read your stupid fairytales.

[@mykehog6646]

better get off the internet the lizards are coming for you, they know where you are now...oh wait, that's not possible because they couldn't use GPS as satellites wouldn't be possible LOL, you're safe

[@etoilebest4112]

I know what I'm going to say might sound lame, but, damn! I have tears in my eyes... Leaving this planet and joining another one, become part of it like said in the video, is such an amazingly fantastic thing that anyone who's in love with astronomy and its spiritual side would want to experience. This universe is such a tease!

[@卓然-m1e]

I could hardly hold my tears in the ending of the video. In the end of the splendid curve, with the gorgeous scenery of Saturn, Cassini marked the period by destructing itself into flakes, like a firework burning its entire energy, proudly showing the spirit of its life. Too beautiful, but too sad. It made me think of the scene in Big Hero 6, where Hiro had no choice but to leave Baymax dying alone in the world inside the out-of-control machine. Hiro left Baymax by telling Baymax that he was satisfied with his care, and JPL said goodbye to Cassini with some simple( probably complicated) code. Baymax left Hiro with the priceless chip in the fist, while Cassini left the world with numerous precious photos of Saturn and its moons.

[@PinkChucky15]

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the Cassini mission.

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

You're welcome.

[@Shaktar]

You're Welcome

[@Forgan_Mreeman]

Thanks for the shout-out! we worked really hard on this mission!

[@alexaderdufuk2636]

PinkChucky15 wasn't hard. Just did some software graphic design bull shit. Tell the brainwashed mass its been done and they'll believe it; like a robot being told by its master when to sit and when to speak. "

[@vampyricon7026]

+

[@shipwreck9146]

Wow! If anyone isn't inspired by this video, then they are pretty much hopeless. This gave me so much hope for the future. Thinking about Europa and Titan, and the future missions to those moons that may later find the first known life outside of earth. All of those future missions to Saturn will have the origins in the Cassini space probe.

[@victorcreed8856]

This video always hits me in the feels...I followed this mission from the day it launched a year after I graduated high school all the way to the finale, when I was 39. Thank you Cassini.

[@Syracosa]

Damn, that was more touching than most of the current Hollywood dramas.

[@oliverturner1649]

I'm almost on the verge of tears ;-; even though it's served its purpose and destroying it is the logical thing to do to prevent contamination of the moons and rings, it's sad knowing such an incredible piece of human accomplishment will be nothing more but vapour in saturn a few months from now. Pity the flat earthers are defiling this video.. what do they expect? that NASA would send up another probe just to film Cassini's deorbit?

[@TristanG10.000]

true

[@denic5152]

I am crying and I don't know why lol

[@MyBirdwatchingWorld]

This made me very sad, but also very happy... it is such an amazement to know just how much data scientists have gotten, from one little probe. I'll be sad to see it go.... Only three days, 6 hours and 29 minutes left until it's nothing but stripped metal in the atmosphere of Saturn... I bid you farewell, Cassini! You've really done me proud!

[@Longshot239]

Swagger Jagger // The King Of Cringe Couldn't have said it better myself. You have done do much for all of Humanity and expanding Scientific knowledge. We shall continue to build on all that you have taught us. You shall never be forgotten. Farewell Cassini.

[@ShaileshKumar-rq7gn]

Caesar The Sausage m

[@ShaileshKumar-rq7gn]

Caesar Then Sausage

[@walidalwhidi2183]

Caesar The Sausage ه

[@ankanpaul2730]

Cassini also has emotions and thoughts just like Wall-E ....The last lines were so touching

[@yaboi7914]

I still see this till this day and it always gives me a tear. It hits me hard every time :( Thank you for everything Cassini. You may be gone, but you will forever live in our memories.

[@srimannarayanagunturu3565]

Cassini i love you ..take me too

[@greyview5902]

You made me have feelings for a robot. Damnit, NASA!

[@LamirLakantry]

Just reminding you that Curiosity sings Happy Birthday to itself once a year, alone on Mars.

[@SpanishDuck]

EE Ehrenberg that's sad, man I wish to hear it

[@Thebrabander1]

Dont worry, we will go to his birthday one day.

[@AntoniaAtaide]

I remember this day. I cried. 3 years later I'm watching it again. I'm crying.

[@kulifrunsen]

How can you possibly dislike this video, what this video shows is truly remarkable, a magnificent achievement of the intellect of the human kind,

[@lastshovel5287]

From 3:15 to 3:21.......... I never before saw any space animation as heartbreakingly beautiful as that ending.

[@marcobulleri3435]

For almost 20 years you have been our eyes, We traveled there with you, you've never been really alone in your long..long adventure. Now a part of me will burn with you. Thanks Cassini, thank you forever.

[@emergencyexit7406]

Woah... Did you make that up?

[@marcobulleri3435]

Yeah ... I love astronomy ... I love dreaming, I even write some books and sometimes something good comes out :-)

[@rexstreamarchive3472]

you gave me feels with that

[@stonedguyy]

I'm holding back tears... this video is so powerful.

[@rushbso8920]

InFeRnOsCoPeR never mind i just cried

[@sivasrichidambaram4584]

Seriously this ending part made me cry, breathtaking video, farewell old friend, thanks for showing us how Saturn and its moons look like , Cassini is soon gonna b apart of Saturn.

[@SAM-bv2nn]

2:37 Goosebumps! You’ll be remembered Cassini. 🥺

[@gingerbrave4968]

Poor Cassini...

[@niccatipay]

A scientific achievement... A story of a traveler humming itself in space. A final transmission, faring "Good bye" Made me cry and for a good reason NASA. ~ Comment Operator 3

[@niccatipay]

Rust is red Methane looks blue I cried for Cassini and you did too!

[@statsegr]

Top 10 Saddest Anime Deaths

[@alexsimare]

Tserp 910 yes indeed

[@superyoutubertv8926]

Tserp 910 This is #1😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@sayedurrahman7069]

corilew26 hows that good? He copied

[@RuminatingKiwi927]

It's no anime

[@gamejunk2707]

marsel egan who gives a fck

[@benj6171]

Saturn has always had a place in my heart, when I heard Cassini was being deorbited, I cried, for a piece of metal, I sound like a next level nerd don't I

[@coreymckay5202]

No, you sound like someone who had their priorities incredibly organised :)

[@themelvin742]

Ben J Honestly, the way this video was expressed words by words, it made those who do not know what cassini was, made them cry. (I include myself in there too)

[@benj6171]

Still crying, cassini is gone

[@ekslycooper123]

Glad I'm not the only one, It is so hard not to anthropomorphize the spacecraft when you know that it has changed our world so much.

[@HUEEY]

I did the same bro!

[@frosttea3759]

I remember back in 2004, when I started getting interested in astronomy, hearing about the MER landings, and staying on my computer all the time to get pictures from Spirit and Opportunity of the Red Planet. I remember the launch of New Horizons, the crashing of Galileo into Jupiter, and the landing of Phoenix at the polar caps of Mars. None of these meant as much to me as Cassini and its tag along, Huygens. Seeing Phoebe, Titan, the glistening if the Sun off lakes at the north pole of the moon, the passing through jets of water from Enceladus, and the shots of the rings - everything this spacecraft took a picture of was absolutely beautiful. When I heard they'd be plunging it into Saturn back in 2017, my heart sank. Watching this video brings those memories back. I hate it when the narrator says, "...fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth, as it transmits its farewell." This sojourner was a friend that gave me glimpses into some of the darkest parts of our solar system, shedding light on some of the most tantalizing mysteries of Saturn. Every time I see this, it's like watching a video of a friend from years ago, only to remember they're gone, now. We're never gonna have another Cassini, and I feel terrible for the people that didn't grow up with it. They missed out on a lot.

[@YashGupta603]

This video makes me cry every time I watch it. Cassini was the most amazing spacecraft. I still think about how the people who made this amazing object. Thanks, NASA! #Cassini #Saturn

[@maurjoy4104]

I'm so glad to have lived the past two decades glorifying in our most beautiful planet with Cassini. Thank you, NASA. And bless you, brave little traveler.

[@fabiomb]

so beautiful video, i'm glad to be following the Cassini mission since it started, i will miss her

[@lololo9829]

From quite two years i'm watching this video in loop. I grow up with this mission and all my passion for astronomy was accompanied by Cassini. Thank you little probe, from the deep of my heart

[@PhaseControlDNB]

If this video doesn't make you drop a single tear - you're not a true astronomy lover

[@mistertagnan]

Steve-N I didn't cry.... I'm sad though, I rarely cry for anything

[@SkeleCrafteronYT]

I'm smiling and trying to not tear up. Seeing the spacecraft fight to point at Earth was so sad... and it wasn't even a human. But we as a species made it... it was truly an amazing experience I've never really had watching a video before.

[@arisukaton]

i dont drop a single tear, im very very impressed ! O.O

[@Migatronicpowerman]

No tears but I literally dropped my jaw instead...

[@DavidZimbeck]

Why? Its just a bunch of cgi. Not science.

[@charlesfrederick2510]

Wow. Never thought a probe could reduce me to tears...but here we are. Thank you, Cassini, for your invaluable service to all of humanity.

[@andromeda371]

Do not go gentle into that night my little brave probe

[@arans98]

RubberDuckyCentral how do I love react on KZbin

[@Reign_Of_Is_REAL]

I’m in tears like Cassini was a human being! I ❤️Cassini ✊🏽😫

[@noafix]

Cassini was a human being.

[@juancholotonio]

Epic! Thanks for these wonderful 20 years Cassini! Thanks for this amazing feat JPL!

[@alexzemik1401]

Bye Cassini and thanks for all! Прощай, Кассини, и спасибо за все!

[@alexa.davronov1537]

😢

[@seibernator]

What a beautiful video. I have been following the mission since it launched in 1997 and will be sad to see it go but we will always have the pictures to remind us. Thank you JPL.

[@KasperKubica]

I come back to this video every few months. Literally nothing out there will bring tears to my eyes as consistently as this.

[@rohandalvi6476]

And now his watch has ended

[@eden2esthar]

Cleganebowl confirmed

[@AdityakrishnaMr]

Long may she rest.

[@IammGabyArte]

I got chills :> Thank you Cassini!!!! I'm looking forward to what Cassini will revealed at his final transmition...

[@muddywisconsin]

Why you make me cry? 😭

[@emergencyexit7406]

Space does that alot

[@CloisteredExplorer]

MuddyWisconsin because its space dammit ;-; its space!!!

[@hxroshii193]

I cry too

[@salomonarreguin3748]

I watched it by myself and I cried. Then showed it to the family and they cried too. Every time I watch it, i can't help but have teary eyes, even if I watch it again right away. I think the emotional reaction is to the following: - the loss of an very expensive technological resource and that so many hours/lives are invested in the project. - anthropomorphic value assigned to the device by the service provided to humans. - the probe itself has a warm name associated with an historic figure. - a rousing score, strings and brass playing long notes in the lower register, the changes of key are beautiful accents. - a warm and comforting female voice. - the spacecraft is called brave and described as a fighter until the last second to provide a farewell pointing its antenna to earth. - and then the ultimate sacrifice on the planet that studied and to save the ecosystem of the adjacent moons. Whatever it is, this video is very important enjoyable.

[@luckyknife1]

stop, you made me cry

[@VenomLion]

Those recreations are absolutely breathtaking. Gives me chills.

[@RobbieKhan]

Some great VFX production here to accompany such a mission story. I've actually screengrabbed a bunch of scenes to use as my desktop wallpaper at home and work. These look absolutely amazing on a 21:9 monitor, and it's really nice to see NASA/JPL uploaded the video in native cinematic aspect ratio, so viewers on such monitors have a full screen experience!

[@cckd-vu3qk]

Goodbye Cassini, you were loyal to your mission. you will never be forgotten, as you become one with saturn.!

[@MrMeowMeowMeow]

This video is one of the most beautiful things I've seen today​. Thank you, NASA/JPL. Very well done. 👍

[@EB-yx4fn]

I hope I never stop tearing up, what a beautiful tribute to a marvelous adventure

[@rimorres]

Go, go little satellite make us proud!

[@Taxidermista_de_Phobos]

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. Gracias, Cassini.

[@khushaleron3663]

Walt Whitman❤️

[@YoBoiVatO]

Hi

[@IAmRNSalcedo]

It's a job well done, until it's final breath. Sacrificing it's own life without asking anything in return, continuously transmitting information, making a big leap and breakthrough for the sake of mankind, what a selfless mission it is, I am moved in tears with you Cassini! Thank you!

[@navb0tactual]

When I feel down over this messed up world. I come here. This video reinstates my love for human achievement. Suddenly, I don't feel as down, I feel inspired, and compelled to do things I normally don't. You were more than a probe Cassini :') you will be remembered.

[@brainfulify]

Great video, thanks for 1440p.

[@dekirkbride]

It is now 9/15/2018... one year later and Cassini still rewrites history books.

[@jaycemacinnis2228]

Cassini's Data is still Researched by JPL Scientists.

[@danheidel]

It's worth noting that Cassini's grand finale will be going on at the same time as the Juno probe to Jupiter. Both probes will be in highly elliptical, surface-grazing orbits that will allow extremely close comparisons of the magnetic and gravitational fields of both planets at the same time. This will let us get all sorts of extremely important information about the interior structure and composition of these two planets. Plus bitchin' shots of the rings from up close.

[@zundap100]

I remember very well when Cassini was launched on the way to Saturn. Then I was at the first year of the faculty and we talked about it. Twenty years after Cassini's mission was over. Really a fantastic story, thanks NASA, ESA and ISA.

[@MrMaxim]

Amazing. You can see that this video was heavily inspired by "Wanderers", a self made project by Erik Wernquist.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

I think he made it actually, was looking at his reel after you mentioned the Wanderers and saw this shot from Saturn we just saw here

[@RomboutVersluijs]

look at this part in his reel kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV65iK1-q7t9oMk

[@lotusflower37]

I remember the day that the Cassini launched. We had bought an angelfish, and named her Cassini. My 10 year old son told his teacher about the launch of Cassini to Saturn, and his teacher told him that there was no such thing, he was mistaken.

[@jacoboblandonpineda]

His teacher was (is?) an idiot.

[@robertsides3626]

I'm confused. Was the teacher saying Cassini didn't exist, or Saturn?

[@hugolindum7728]

Christine OByrne Do they not have google in your kids school?

[@kiahak1977]

Hugo, Cassini was launched in 1997. Google didn't exist at that time.

[@josi4749]

There were other search engines though, such as Yahoo! The teacher was just uninformed. Which is pretty lame.

[@essemque]

I know the focus is on the mission, but the production quality of this video is phenomenal! Great work, folks!

[@11kak]

RIP Cassini Spacecraft We will never forget your taken sounds and images 1997 - 2017

[@andrewhayden7551]

Every single engineer on this planet - software, hardware, mechanical or otherwise - should tear up watching this video. Projecting control over a spacecraft hurtling through space at ridiculous speeds at a distance of *billions* of miles in an environment filled with crazy radiation and countless ice particles... for *twenty years*... the sheer amount of love and effort poured into this endeavor is staggering. Staggering. Words fail. I remember the awe of seeing the footage from Huygens, even with its backup antenna used as a contingency. Here we are more than a decade later. So long, Cassini... thank you to everyone who has been involved in this project, from its initial conception and planning through fabrication, launch, troubleshooting and evangelism. Whenever you doubt the ability of people to successfully work together, Cassini should serve as proof that we can - and what can happen when we do.

[@fartingbadger4834]

someone hug me im sad

[@Nomorevideos-f5p]

I give you a hug

[@elisabethpuckering2121]

*gives hug*

[@saumon3375]

You put some magic into a cold, meaningless world. Thank you gentlemen.

[@KasperKubica]

I actually teared up at the end of this video - this was so beautifully done.

[@lornegolman]

There's just something in my eye, I'm not crying.

[@Renanbmx123]

Some kind of dust, or somenting make my eye wet a little

[@Zorak30]

That is an amazing video. Good job on those who put it together. Thank you to all those involved at NASA who made Cassini happen!

[@ganon2352]

The camera man must of had a tough time filming this.

[@maverickthem4683]

You are so smart..

[@dr.syedmuhammadmanazer-ul-414]

@DECLAN DOUGAN R/whoooosh

[@epiclandlord9527]

IT'S A ANIMATION, SMART GUY

[@proskills991]

@@epiclandlord9527 IT'S A JOKE

[@lakas_tama]

@@epiclandlord9527 thats a joke ok

[@ashwinprince6851]

Another two days left where Cassini got ended up and now it's 4th year of its grand finale got over. Miss u Cassini ( 2021 sep 15)

[@zamirosorov2399]

Thank you very much for the all creators, designers and inspirers of this grandeur marvel. I love the USA and West and all advanced non-stoppable Mankind.

[@ScottNebekerizer]

While I agree with that statement, this was a collaborative enterprise. That big white dish that transmitted every single bit of data was made in Italy. The Huygens probe was the creation of ESA. The US didn't do this alone. Humanity did this.

[@terminalfrost3645]

Scott Nebeker i agree, and NASA is made up of scientists from all around the world.

[@scarletheart8671]

Andromeda but sadly Americunt think NASA is belong to USA 😂