Officials at the news conference displayed the last set of images Cassini captured of Saturn as it crashed into the planet. Maize said Cassini's data, sent until the final fiery moment, was already being studied by NASA analysts in Arizona. The data took 84 minutes to reach NASA antennas in Canberra, Australia, Maize said. The spacecraft has produced 450,000 images and 635 gigabytes of data since it began probing Saturn and its 62 known moons in July 2004. "On this eve, in fiery death, Saturn & you are one.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2017 21:00 UTC