The Cassini Launch. Any launch from ''The Cape'' is spectacular, but night launches are spectacular squared. Since 2004, Cassini has revolutionised our understanding of the Saturnian system and has returned some truly remarkable images of the solar system's most beautiful planet. My Cassini reflections are born from the fact that, at 9.54pm (Australian eastern standard time) on Friday, September 15, Cassini's mission will end, when she burns up 1530km above Saturn's icy cloud tops. But in that same time, the team operating Cassini has changed the way we view this beautiful ring world.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 17:15 UTC