Looking Back On The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn

Originally launched in 1997 the Cassini-Huygens mission was one of the largest space probes ever, a massive space exploration mission which would spend over a decade orbiting Saturn and sending back over 600 gigabytes of scientific data.
Using data and images from NASA's Cassini team I talk about the voyages.
(and yes I mispronounce a couple of moon names)
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[@jonthedoors]

14:48 "Cassini has spent more than a decade at Jupiter" Whoopsie daisies, Scott!

[@5Andysalive]

otherwise it's really amazing though.

[@klasop]

This mistake makes everything meaningless! :P

[@out4space]

Nitpick... also THIS IS WHY WE STILL NEED ANNOTATIONS! Stupid YT team!

[@javkiller]

That's it then, earth is flat, moon landing's a hoax, pack up everything boys!

[@f38stingray]

What, all gas giants look the same to you? Such a planetist!

[@MaiAolei]

These 17 and a half minutes were more inspiring, interesting, informative, emotional, well written and visually put together than the last 500 minutes of Hollywood I have seen. And they felt like time well spent, not wasted. Thanks Scott!

[@miwove]

Magnificent video Scott, magnificent video.

[@Khorzho]

Indeed! Awesome quality and info.

[@rigille]

miwove epic

[@PbPomper]

Great Scott!!

[@realzachfluke1]

I’ve probably watched this video 4 or 5 times since Scott released it, and it never fails to amaze me. I get goosebumps every single time I watch it, especially towards the end.

[@MichaelADoesIndeedHaveACat]

Technically, it's not re-entering Saturn, it's just entering.

[@ryanGevans]

Syrot Koxevans Clearly a student of asstronomy!

[@lukefreeman828]

huh, never thought about that before... but coudn't you argue that about most space vessels? If you start on a planet, leave and then come back and land... you've only entered once.. hmmm

[@m-yday]

Gummy Bugz think about it! Unless you were born in that room, you have to enter it before you’re able to leave it in the first place! Therefore you can only enter a room if you are going there for the first time, or were born in it, leave and come back!

[@timoshki8528]

good someone knows that you can only re-enter unless it was there before and is coming back

[@flypig698]

Maybe it's to do with re-entering atmosphere regardless of body.

[@Firebrand55]

I followed this wonderful probe since before the launch....every day I clicked on to it's progress....for years. This has been one of the epic missions of space. The degree of control from Earth was stunning, a tribute to the design team and all who played their part......and I shed a tear during those last moments. Huygens survives to prove to future space travellers it all really happened!

[@rogerwilco2]

I consider the backlit Saturn image one of the most beautiful images ever made.

[@marioscuderi7359]

When cassini launched did you have -hair- a non aerodynamic head?

[@meowow140]

CaptainPep Seldon :))))))))

[@cukik6325]

If you turn Scott Manley upside down and have him re-enter the earths atmosphere, there would be no heat or any sort of energy, his head would make the air molecules go right around it.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

@@cukik6325 Maybe he would hit the ground at orbital speed, but would lithobrake gently.

[@patricks_music]

I have a lot to say about this: 1. amazing that people in the 1700s were viewing these moons 2. It’s amazing that this spacecraft had the abilities that it does 3. It’s incredible the data that this thing has collected 4. The photos must be super satisfying for everyone involved 5. Our universe is phenominal 6. Imagine all the other things we don’t know that are in our universe 7. Our universe is super aesthetic. 8. Thank you for the great video!

[@PokeWaffles]

*_R.I.P Cassini 1997-2017_*

[@CompoundNila]

R.I.P.

[@salmiribrahimovic6615]

It lived a long and peacefull life

[@alric8]

RIP Cassini, you will always be loved, missed and fondly remembered :(. Then you realise that we're talking about a robotic probe. And anyway, every good space mission includes an explosion at some point!

[@aurorabyrd6104]

Alric8 *cough cough* Kerbal Space Program *cough*

[@VainerCactus0]

The nearer the end of the mission the explosion takes place, the better.

[@boreasreal5911]

VainerCactus 0 well one could argue, that an explosion is usually the end of the mission, scheduled or not :D

[@VainerCactus0]

Yeah, true.

[@fred1941]

"Will I dream?"--- 2010

[@jhyland87]

10:25 That's one of my favorite astronomical photos, and probably my favorite photo of Saturn. It's so amazing and well done that it actually looks fake, like its so perfect that it might have been done in Photoshop or some other graphics program (not that I think it is fake).

[@bluewales73]

When Scott Manley says 'explorers' it sounds like 'exploders'. I'm not sure if it's because of his accent or hist time with KSP.

[@InventorZahran]

When he said "Titan" for the first time, I was thinking "did he just mispronounce 'Tylo'?"

[@TheD1ddler]

So... How many science points does earth get from this one satellite? I was hoping we would have enough to unlock Ion Propulsion

[@Deacetis1991]

It's because the return on transmitted science is so low!

[@noviesantoso9614]

9999999999999999 science!

[@dsandoval9396]

Just enough points for the government to unlock a new nuke that they'll use because something something something something.

[@Muffin-kk7kt]

Rest in peace Cassini. You bettered are understanding of science and Saturn. You will be lost but not forgotten.

[@phuzz00]

I'll be raising a drink to Cassini tomorrow :(

[@1berrylover178]

But not are understanding of grammar.

[@Raptor747]

*our

[@thepigman2913]

SaltyWaffles dang it I was gonna say that

[@captainlag3537]

RIP Cassini Huygens 1997-2017 You and your discoveries will never be forgotten.

[@NoNameAtAll2]

14:50 "Cassiny has spent over a decade orbiting Jupiter" Damn you, Jupiter, stealing our satellites!

[@scottmanley]

+NoName I clearly mispronounced Saturn

[@icannotfly]

that silent j gets me all the time

[@JimmyStiffFingers]

Politiekman Holy Gooblegobbles, I can find you everywhere, Politiekman. :P Didn't know you were a fellow rocketman.

[@InventorZahran]

@@icannotfly "Satjurn"...

[@zaclegoattack]

Dinkleburg!!!!!!

[@mesoth5848]

You almost made me tear up at the end. The outro saved me.

[@billsugden3734]

Wonderful summary Scott. I must salute the Cassini team, many of whom have spent their entire careers in making this such a sccess. Ten years in the planning and building, seven years in travel time, thirteen around Saturn.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

This is a wonderful synopsis of the Cassini-Huygens mission. Thanks so much Scott! It was an amazing mission with so many complex parts.

[@Appolonius10]

Scott, this is my favourite of your videos. In fact I think this video is the best imo on KZbin. Thank you so much for creating this. Many of my family are actually named after the moons of Saturn and I am sharing this amazing video with them. Thank you so much for your contribution and please if you can do continue. This was truly astounding.

[@DeckerdBR]

One of your best videos Mr Manley, more of this please. I subbed for KSP but I stay for the science! :)

[@countdrugula]

You've given a better public end-of-mission summary than NASA has managed to of the fantastic work put in by the Cassini team -- nice job! Let's hope that this mission is as inspirational for current generations as Voyager and others were for prior generations.

[@bryndaldwyre3099]

What an incredible video that was Scott. Had me gripped to my seat from start to finish. That's the kind of informative doco I enjoy watching. Keep them coming.

[@GetUpTheMountains]

Fascinating stuff, Scott. Thank you doing doing these kinds of thing. Fly safe, homie.

[@vitorsossaibatista3154]

10:25 - I just found my new desktop background. Thank you, cassini for this amazing picture and thank you scott for this amazing video!

[@SuperKingslaw]

Wow. What a fabulous mini documentary on this amazing mission. Thank you for putting this together. Great Educational Material.

[@CapnCoCo1]

This is definietely one of the best videos you have ever made. So many pictures I had never seen before. The video of the probe landing on titan literally gave me chills, so awesome.

[@cananamanda]

This is a magnificent video, and I really appreciate your hard work on this content (as do many other people)! Despite how you said that you were very broad in your commentary, it was nonetheless very informative and was presented in a way most people can follow. That is why I love sharing these videos with family members who don't have the same appreciation/enthusiasm for unmanned space exploration. Thanks a lot, and keep up the incredible work!

[@Volodja123]

This is one of the best videos you've ever created! Thank you so much for this! Your style of narrating things here makes me open my mouth and say "wow"! Go on, Mr Manley!

[@mikeg_123]

A little bit of both.

[@reikojons]

This was an awesome video Scott... Thank you and stay lucky!

[@ravenhurst00]

This is the video about Cassini I've always wanted to see. Well done.

[@johnhmstr]

Love your mission retrospective and history video's like this. Keep up the good work!

[@edilsontrautwein3290]

Congratulations on the video. The Sérgio Sacani , “Space Today”, here in Brazil, asked you for the video. Beautiful, wonderful. Hugs for all of Brazil.

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

What a beautiful voyage and video! Please Scott, make more of these!

[@danway60]

Incredible images. Thank you for sharing this Scott.

[@coorbin]

This is the kind of video that could easily inspire someone to go into astronomy or want to work for NASA on building the next outer solar system probe. Imagine what they could do with modern HD cameras and improved storage devices and radio protocols. Shame we're unlikely to get any funding for meaningful NASA activity during the next few years...

[@SuperSMT]

"Any funding" I think $19 billion qualifies as meaningful funding...

[@kevingrozni]

Europa is next on the outer system menu. The Europa Clipper mission (already funded) may well be expanded to include a lander. As for technology boosts, HD and natural color don't necessarily add to the science return. In reality, the high resolution camera on Curiosity (which is better than HD I believe--check for yourself) is useless for rover driving because its optical sensors traded spacial resolution to get a color response similar to that of a commercial camera. [There are also programmatic issues which make this data available too late to be used for the next sol's planning, as I recall.]

[@kevingrozni]

Yes, that is a good amount of funding. Enough to do pretty much anything the agency set its focus on. However, it's not enough to do *everything* that Congress and the administration are asking NASA to do. So some things, like SLS, just get stretched out from 4 yr programs to 10 year programs in order to make budget targets.

[@bitsbytes123]

I think the point was that ambitious demands by politicians are getting temporarily thrown in the bin because of lack of funding, then the politicians complain that not enough has been done. :/

[@Scratchy314]

We really need to hope private space exploration takes off soon. Government sucks at doing things.

[@IbakonFerba]

That Ending was quite... Emotional... Felt like a funeral... Well done, Scott!

[@Bravo1c]

This has to the best video you have produced, very moving

[@jenn011754]

I think you did a wonderful job of explaining this. I learned a lot. You are a wonderful person who gives videos like this so we may live in the moment.

[@scottwa11ace]

Fantastic video ... will be showing it to my kids as soon as possible... many thanks.

[@spuddyl9938]

Well put together, great narration.

[@mike0rr]

Thank you Cassini. You have supplied us with images that transcend words, data that unlocks the imagination and the awe to inspire another generation

[@andersonOak]

Thank you Scott for sharing this amazingly well-illustrated narrative of one of the most incredible machine sent to far space.

[@rafenwulf]

Fascinating. Excellent video Mr. Scott!

[@omkelderman]

Why do I have teary eyes now... Amazing video Scott! Thanks :D

[@carcinogenicthalidomide3057]

The more I read about these missions the more curious I get. Thank you Scott for explaining this well.

[@thebeautyofuniverse5250]

14:03 bro why is nobody talking about this, it blew my mind I didn’t know that something like that in our solar system exists! only that smaller moons share with a moon but its still technically a moon orbiting a moon! This is a mind blowing from tethys and dione!!

[@jamesharbinger1711]

Thank you Scott, this was a beautiful send off for such a historic craft

[@CristianCiotti]

Stunning! Goodbye Cassini and thanks for all the pictures!

[@patrickford9615]

I just knew this video would come and I've been looking forward to it. Thx Scott.

[@dff1286]

That was an awesome tribute to the mission, Thank you for the wonderful video.

[@Scythx420]

Scott Manley I'm happy you made this cuz I remember when it launched and once I found out it's mission ended

[@regulatormachine2788]

this is very well done, I hope it becomes a very popular video for you. I watched the ad's all the way through so you would get some more pennies!

[@PeterHamiltonz]

Thank you for your awesome summary of Cassini's wonderful mission.

[@lazerusmfh]

I really enjoyed this video scott, the narration and story you told was great

[@dziltener]

The sheer range of different kinds of observations done alone is amazing.

[@knewmania]

Thank you for the overview of the mission Scott. I really enjoyed it.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Glad for the commentary, but also glad that you left the companion video without a voice track.

[@ClayMann]

So much I didn't know. I found the way this mission ended to be quite emotional. The Verge did a little piece on it with heavy music and I did tear up. Amazing mission and thanks for the time spent giving us all this super interesting information. I just want to know more now.

[@omulu4007]

Amazing narration! Almost cried here, excellent job!

[@sanityd1]

Seeing those moons forming is amazing, what an inspiring mission. Thanks Scott

[@rodrigobarbosa6610]

Great video, Scott! Summarizes well everything Cassini did.

[@palladiumbc7576]

Thank u Scott, Just amazing....

[@grabisen]

Awesome, as always

[@MiniGui98]

We are some tiny ants in a slightly less tiny sandbox in a Universe that is so huge that we will never be able to understand it all. But thankfully some brilliant men give us the opportunity to sometimes discover little chunks of it. This is a wonderful thing. What a time to be alive.

[@Jeroen734]

I could listen hours upon hours to you talking about stuff like this

[@davidetamborrini9514]

cant overstate how much I appreciate your content

[@petesies1856]

That was an amazing video, thank you and well done, Cassini is and already has gone down in history

[@Skanoff666]

Great Video, Scott. Thank you man. Cheers from Brazil!

[@kutafas]

Thank you, Scott. Beautiful work.

[@hackerofawesomeness]

Not many people can make a 20 minute long video so interesting. Nice job!

[@tbpom1003]

man, all the knowledge and effort you put in this video is amazing! keep it up bro👍👍

[@zakunknown9737]

Hey Scott. I started watching you videos to get better at ksp. but i really like the non ksp stuff too. Big fan! love what you do

[@CastleKingSide15]

Beautiful video Scott. Thank you very much.

[@YsterDNA]

This is a fantastic video, Scott. Thank you!

[@drakhavik]

Beautiful video Scott, very very well done.

[@0815name0815]

Thank you so much for this video! It's awesome to see a summary like this

[@out4space]

Thank you very much Scott. Very interesting and great explanations about the moons and rings.

[@jhyland87]

3:08 I've always been impressed by how clever and resourceful some of the engineers and astrophysicists can be when they come up with ways to benefit from scenarios that others would typically give up on.

[@TheWiepi]

Thank you for making this beautiful video!

[@Aurasmae]

Great video! This thing launched before I was born, and now we watching its mission come to an end, and celebrating the achievements of this marvelous probe!

[@Aurasmae]

Wow, tearing up here at the end. ;(

[@cal_stephens]

Great video, thanks for putting this together.

[@kookooftw]

Maybe your best video ever Scott. Do more like this!

[@arielhartung4557]

Wow. This was incredible. Thank you, Scott!

[@zapfanzapfan]

5000th like :-) Cassini, you will be sorely missed! It flew for 20 years but the project started 15 years before launch. I hope there are projects started today that will become equally awesome in the coming decades. Get on it, Planetary Society! :-)

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Wow! What a stunningly beautiful video!

[@Francois424]

Saturn? OPM exploration KSP campaign ! Amazing video Scott, thanks... those images gave me nerdgasm !!

[@EKChikui]

Congrats for the massive work!

[@CombatJak]

Great video as usual. Thank you Scott.

[@BWIceSoldier]

At first i didn't think much of the people who were crying over the end of this mission, but when you add up all the things it's done like that, i can't help getting choked up myself! Thanks for giving this overview, i hadn't realized all the data and imagery this one mission had done.

[@LameMule]

Of course you would make a video of this. Of course I wouldn't think to look for it until 6 days after the fact. Woops. Really a very well done recap.

[@Sterlin0]

applause !! amazing, thanks for this video.. the best sum of the Cassini adventure.

[@jadeastilbe]

Excellent Video Scott! Thank you!

[@flamencoprof]

Thanks for this well-done overview of the mission.

[@cccycling5835]

Cassini-Huygens was one of my favorite space projects. The photographs are incredible.

[@mortkebab2849]

The sound is perfect on this video. Please do an episode on your studio equipment!

[@robcheerful]

This is the most thrilling commentary on the Cassini Huygens mission in existence.

[@themerrigans2734]

Well done, first class production.

[@imarchello]

Love your content, Scott! You're awesome!

[@glxytoni]

what a beautiful video, i could listen to such videos for hours