Categories: Cassini

Cassini Spacecraft Back in Operation

Cassini orbiting Saturn. Credit: NASA

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Great news: the Cassini spacecraft resumed normal operations today, Nov. 24. NASA says all the science instruments have been turned back on, the spacecraft is properly configured. So, Cassini appears to be in good health, no worse for wear following a flipped bit in the command and data subsystem computer, which prevented the spacecraft from registering and following instructions. Mission managers expect to get a full stream of data during next week’s flyby of the Saturnian moon Enceladus, and beyond. (see our preview article of that flyby).

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004, and has published over 6,000 articles on space exploration, astronomy, science and technology. She is the author of two books: "Eight Years to the Moon: the History of the Apollo Missions," (2019) which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible; and "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" (2016) tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond. Follow Nancy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Nancy_A and and Instagram at and https://www.instagram.com/nancyatkinson_ut/