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Craft Flies Through Saturn Moon's Plumes
Mar 14 2008, AP

The international Cassini spacecraft collected science data on mysterious geysers spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus and recorded new images of its surface during a close flyby, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Thursday.The pass Wednesday...

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This image provided by NASA shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus taken during Cassini’s extremely close encounter with Enceladus on Thursday Oct. 9, 2008. The Cassini spacecraft passed an incredible 82,000 feet (16 miles) off the surface of Enceladus Thursday...

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