Cassini's First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings

Cassini's first dive between Saturn and its rings occurred on April 26, 2017. This marked the beginning of the spacecraft's "Grand Finale" phase, during which it conducted a series of 22 daring orbits between Saturn and its rings before ultimately plunging into the planet's atmosphere in September 2017. These orbits provided valuable data about Saturn's gravitational and magnetic fields, as well as information about the composition of its rings and the planet's interior.