What did Cassini-Huygens achieve before its Grand Finale?

Everything you could want to know about NASA's and ESA's Cassini Huygens spacecraft, shortly before it took the plunge during its Grand Finale. This is a recap of what it has achieved during its 20 year mission.
This is a reupload as the original video was blocked by PBS for a clip they did not own. The offending clip in question is the video from the perspective of Huygens as it passed through Titan's atmosphere. Even though I provided PBS evidence that the video belonged to NASA, even getting written confirmation from NASA that the clip is public domain and owned by them and not PBS, the claim was still upheld. Rather than risking legal action and a strike on my channel by appealing the decision, I have decided to modify the clip and reupload as I feel like it's a shame that this video has been blocked. I also feel like it's a shame that KZbin gives the "copyright holder" so much power and does not get involved in disputes. I can understand why it happens the way it does, but it's the creator that gets punished at the end of the day even if they are not in the wrong.
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[@astrumspace]

This is a reupload as the original video was blocked by PBS for a clip they did not own. The offending clip in question is the video from the perspective of Huygens as it passed through Titan's atmosphere. Even though I provided PBS evidence that the video belonged to NASA, even getting written confirmation from NASA that the clip is public domain and owned by them and not PBS, the claim was still upheld. Rather than risking legal action and a strike on my channel by appealing the decision, I have decided to modify the clip and reupload as I feel like it's a shame that this video has been blocked. I also feel like it's a shame that KZbin gives the "copyright holder" so much power and does not get involved in disputes. I can understand why it happens the way it does, but it's the creator that gets punished at the end of the day even if they are not in the wrong.

[@hosniadnan2623]

I wait eagerly from a new video from you, I love space and your videos are amazing

[@69Solo]

PBS has invited for pain in their life. Muhahaha allahu akbar.

[@darktsuna89]

Keep doing you and never let the “man” stop you from what you do best!

[@Read-to-Breathe]

KZbin become worse i really start to hate all the rules they are putting in the new updates they are making it hard for people like you who have a wonderful voice and interesting things to see i already watched the old video and it was good I'm glad you upload it again 🌹

[@Hovado_Lesni]

you should contact TotalBiscuit he know how to deal with scumbags like this, try his twitter @totalbiscuit

[@Oxol33]

Thanks for reuploading it instead of abandoning it. It's a beautiful video.

[@annettelane659]

This was indeed an awesome mission......... Thank you for the reupload.

[@ConorFenlon]

This channel is going to be huge. Like, space-huge. Excellent video man. Love your passion for space exploration, it's infectious. 10/10

[@Stalennin]

I just wanted to drop by and say I love your channel. Keep it up, you're doing an amazing job!

[@saturn1771]

It felt odd when it bumped into me.Omg he Liked and hearted it! Thank you!

[@profgyland2]

Very noticeable to watch and to enjoy. Well presented and superbly researched. Thank you for your contribution to our profession.

[@Rob_strange]

Fake copy right claimers should get strikes against their channels too. Just even the system out, c'mon KZbin it's a simple fix. I'm really glad you've re-upload this video though & I love your channel!

[@richardwarsin5174]

Fantastic video. The Cassini Huygens spacecraft was a remarkable achievement for the people of planet earth. Well done, Well Done.

[@ExhaustedPenguin]

That whole copyright thing is so unfair. ..

[@sHighGuy]

Its upsetting to see the struggle you went through with youtubes copyright scandle, but on the other hand at least this video was still amazing! Thankyou for the informative video :) I loved it.

[@limprlu]

Mission is finally over!! Can you make a final video on what was learned in those final days, pleeeease? :D

[@dleivam]

Your videos are awesome, thank you.

[@bigred8438]

Another absolutely awe inspiring presentation Alex, thank you very much.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

KZbin management really sucks in blocking contents.The guy already proved that the contested clip is of public domain.

[@thiagodmxtube]

I love your channel dude, keep doing this great work, thanks!

[@HoopTY303]

Thank you for your videos, I have learned so much from them and that is such a priceless gift. Thank you again!

[@bluefirex24]

Keep doing what you're doing friend. All your videos have made me so happy! :)

[@davidrosner6267]

Inspiring! I didn’t realize Cassini used so many gravity assists. I guess the ESA probe exploring Titan is appropriately named Huygens after the Dutch astronomer who discovered the moon in 1655. Overall, this is another great video! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@TikOLoRd]

I'm really glad that you finally uploaded a new video i really love your videos man they are so relaxing!

[@sarahpusey9052]

This is a wonderful channel! Thank you so much!

[@arthurtrauer5684]

Thank you, that was incredible footage. I don’t go to nasa.gov very often and have never tried to go to the ESA site. I will now. What an amazing time we live in for cosmology, thanks to a lot of brilliant hard working people.

[@Infiniteredshift]

Naughty naughty PBS

[@erikagehr8273]

I haven't been able to watch your videos much because of my new job, hence why you haven't been getting "my favourite KZbinr!" comments, but I'll try to show as much support as possible. Keep going, your content is amazing!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@SleepyLestatSF]

thanks for putting it back, but dang the copywriter thing sucks. I loved the original - This video really got me interested in space exploration again. Thank you for that!

[@DanniV86]

Easily one of my favorite channels.

[@AH-nc6vv]

Sorry to hear about that, that sounds super annoying. Glad to see it back though!

[@GiacomodellaSvezia]

The more I learn about this solar system, the more I love it. Why abandon it as Hawking seemed to suggest?

[@trulyinfamous]

My favorite image of Saturn has to be the backlit picture of it. The blues of the atmosphere and the rings are amazing.

[@logodaedalist]

Thanks for those amazing videos

[@madmickymouse1]

Awesome work mate, love your vids.

[@SledgeFox]

Most interesting, thank you very much!

[@roncannarella]

Loved this! Thanks

[@IzmanHawk]

My favourite channel

[@charliecoutu1067]

always click on an astrum notification as soon as it pops up, i love your stuff dude

[@Charlesb1]

Great channel with good content

[@currawongsong8828]

thank you thank you thank you so very much

[@vashstarwind36]

I love your cool, interesting videos Alex of Astrum! There's nothing more fascinating than the ultimate size of our galaxy and the miraculous solar systems it provides. There is so much glory in the miracle of our lives here on this planet, in our modern day. To even be able to view videos as this is a very new occurrence for civilization. We are very lucky people to be alive on this planet. A planet that at this time, it's just the right distance and climate to able to produce an atmosphere for us to live, as well as food and water for us to survive with. Hooray for Earth in our so called year, 2018. Lol. It's very great to be alive. I wish everyone nothing but the best. I know that there are many many people on Earth who have or who are now suffering. My only hope is that life on planet Earth gets better for all as the unwavering, unceasing flow of time passes. Do your best. Always strive to improve. Set goals. Love life. Try your best to be healthy. Let's all wish, hope, and pray for the betterment of all Earth peoples in this glorious, miraculous floating circular rock out in outter space we live on. I don't want our civilizations and societies to lose its humanity. We must never forget to always keep our hearts and souls in the right place. We are so lucky to be alive in the first technological boom in our recollection.

[@savedin98]

...man if i would be a woman, i would fall in love with your voice...great naration, great footage, great materials...continue

[@lwilde]

Excellent!

[@cozy3039]

Astrum, your videos remind me of what movies like “Sunshine” or “Intersteller” have shown us, very informative and nicely done. Keep up the good work man! 🌏 🌚 ✨

[@wowplayer160]

As informative as could be cause flying into a black hole sounds pretty stupid.

[@wantonbatnag1153]

It's so sad that PBS did what they did. I'm sorry man :( Keep up the good work though. We're cheering for you

[@malcolmabram2957]

Cassini was a stupendous achievement.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks again, Alex! 🪐

[@mczenk5095]

Love your content. 👍

[@mraBJJ33]

Very cool stuff

[@davidc.pierce9631]

Intriguing...

[@LokiDaFerret]

Great stuff AGAIN!

[@davidwelsh9511]

Absolutely amazing video...thank you so much for sharing...

[@XXLSkinnyMcGee]

I can't wait to see vids like this about satellites being launched today

[@TexFilms]

I had the same problem with my documentary and PBS. Crazy and super frustrating!

[@Suburp212]

Amazing video

[@uj1xt5m98ap]

Can you do a similar video on what the Juno mission to Jupiter has found so far?

[@felineblood4822]

Goose..bumps!

[@neilbain8736]

I loved the timelapse edit of the stills photographs. I've seen some of them and thought they were too good to be real. I wonder what data Huygens did finally supply. It's a shame about the copyright thing. However that shouldn't stop the quality vids.

[@Malfurionxtc]

Makes me feel sad that we wont make a dome or something on any planet or moon and visit in my lifetime... Blessed are these generations that are about to be born now and in near future...

Schools taught me that there is no gravity in space. It took me about 20 years to actually understand that there is gravity in space because I had googled it. And still 10 more years after that, schools still teach kids that there is no gravity in space.

[@cmaej28]

Really KZbin? Now it's not safe to post public domain? Other video websites will address KZbin's shortcomings, and it will soon be a website of the past, like MySpace.

[@gordondean9839]

the sooner the better, but don't hold your breath

[@dabu3]

Props to the rocket scientist that calculate all the trajectories to make these missions possible!

[@dhanushgopal260]

RIP Cassini Already vaporized

[@tangatoto362]

Have watched this so many times...... just to see Carl Sagan’s pale blue dot, if nothing else. No, really to marvel again and again at Saturn and the technology that has brought it to our eyes. Alex: I’m not sure if this is the forum to ask questions, but I will anyway.....will all the space junk around earth, eventually (in millions of years) , align with its rotational axis and form into rings?

[@weansardman]

Par excellence

[@Teknishun]

This video should be titled *PBS Grande Finale* , because I'm not going to listen their video anymore.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Enceladus is love 😍

[@htos1av]

The plunge for sterilization of possible microbe contamination is the proto beginnings of the Prime Directive of The Federation Of Planets and Star Fleet.

[@Jessdrawsducks]

I watch a lot of PBS Space Time, shame on them for forcing you to take the original video down. Another example of "Big Business" pushing around smaller creatives.

[@VicariousReality7]

5:05 That looks like zooming into google maps, not a real video of a spacecraft descent, could you explain the sharp edges on the blurry areas please?

[@hritikroushan2818]

Thank you for providing these space videos.I think your channel is one of the most crucial to publish space related videos.

[@Sean-fz2ry]

Such a sad time :'(

[@Pilot1970]

I love your voice

[@brianmessemer2973]

Hi! I came here to your channel because someone commented on a Dreksler Astral video "if you love this channel you have to check out Astrum" so yeah, here I am. Great video! Liked and Subbed. It seems I have many past videos to catch up on. Thank you in advance!

[@KanishQQuotes]

I still feel that crashing the probe into the planet is a bad idea. Send it further like voyager and pioneer

[@Tuning3434]

+kanishq ruhil You kinda lost that opportunity when you decided to put Cassini in orbit of Saturn instead of slingshot past it. That shed of all the dV it achieved meant that on-board propulsion was only able to maneuver in Saturn's orbit. Also, I don't think we will be able to do a grand tour another 150 years. the planets are not aligned such that a probe could gravity assist it's way out to Uranus / Neptune.

[@stargazer4683]

Question what happened to the radioactive material ? did we pollute Saturn ?

[@daimon3554]

Saturn is radioactive anyway doesn't make a difference

[@asiaasia2157]

The pictures received from Cassini are amazing per se, they aren't fake. They do not need to be modified with gargage graphics, fake colors, flying objects, fake stars in the back grund. But instead, here we are again. Video is ok.

[@MisterCuddlez]

At 0:35, the only thing I found to be unimpressive was the 599 GB of data. That's way less than what I thought it would be. If it said 599 TB, that would be impressive. But 599 GB? You could store all that data on a single hard drive.

[@ravinraven6913]

They crashed Cassini into Saturn to not contaminate the moon? But they sent a lander onto titan defeating this point.

[@delboytrotter8806]

Space the final frontier !

[@shan1754]

Dear @Astrum, Alex. Please help me pick a telescope I'm a complete newbie to the world of Telescopes and I would like to see Jupiter and Saturn with detailed imagery. I'm looking at "Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HD Computerized Telescope", would you be able to tell me if that would be a best one? My budget is ~US$5K. Thanks in advance.

[@astrumspace]

I'm afraid I am quite a newbie with telescopes too! I'm quite jealous, I would love a $5k telescope! If you end up getting it, I love love to see any picture you take with it :)

[@Suburp212]

Can’t you propel a spacecraft by heating one side (say, with an rpg)?

[@propcircles4082]

i wonder why they packed so much plutonium on despite the fact propellant would run out far sooner than the rtg fuel

[@rayzorrayzor9000]

Hi I also was just curious about the name Astrum, I’m probably not the 1st nor will be the last, does your name signify , a) a Star, b) a constellation, c) Heaven or my personal fav, d) a mix of all of them . . . D) Heaven is a Star Constellation 🌌 . Take Care .R.

[@kairon156]

"Too late to include a lander with those probes" This might have to wait for an early space industry but what about a space probe the size of a bus with 3D printer and materials included?

[@jeff3388]

what if the Huygens probe had microbes on it?

[@IoDavide1]

The real question is: Where "granD finale" came from? If, as it seems, it is an italianism, then it have to be "gran finale"...

[@Exquisite_Blue]

-I watched it again anyways-

[@mauricio9226]

How can a little probe contaminate a whole planet? They should have sent it to one the moons.

[@robertsteffens1409]

We couldn't risk contamination of moons like Titan and Enceladus with potential microbes from earth. So we had to destroy the spacecraft completely to protect these pristine worlds for future exploration of potential microbial life and so the doubters can't say "oh that's just earth based life we brought with Cassini .

[@qnqn5777]

Shame on PBS

[@zoomkaboom1]

Wait, isnt the earth flat and covered by a dome? So its impossible to reach other planets! Is this all CGI?! lol

[@xaero76]

ive been down voting PBS content anyway.... sucks this happened to you

[@jaycarr590]

Dude all those look fake.. who taking the pic of the vehicle itself? Riiiiiight.

[@mulderscully3707]

A big nothing! Earth still dying and humans killing each other