One of two planned burns of a Cassini spacecraft main engine
One of two planned burns of a Cassini spacecraft main engine during the NASA vehicle's 7-year trip to Saturn was completed successfully last week. The 90-min. firing set the spacecraft on course for a second gravity-assist flyby of Venus in June. The second main engine burn of comparable length is...
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