Cassini: Mission to Saturn - Learn more in our continually
updated special report. This month, scientists involved with the
Cassini spacecraft are celebrating four years in orbit around
Saturn. The milestone marks the end of Cassini's "nominal"
mission and the beginning of an extended mission during which
Cassini will make follow-up observations of the features it has
discovered since it began studying the Ringed Planet and its
moons at close range in July 2004. Recently, Carolyn Porco, who
leads the Cassini imaging team, took New Scientist on a tour of
her favourite images from the past four years. They include
waves in the planet's famous rings, sand dunes and possible rain
clouds on the surprisingly Earth-like moon Titan, and enigmatic
geysers on the icy moon Enceladus. Enjoy! If you would like to
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