Space technology

摘要

On June 30, Cassini-Huygens mission flight controllers confirmed that the engine burn needed to place the spacecraft into the correct orbit around Saturn had been successfully completed, beginning a four-year study of the planet along with its rings and 31 known moons. "This is a tribute to the team at NASA and our partners at the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) to accomplish this feat taking place 934 million miles away from Earth," said Ed Weiler, Associate Administrator for Space Science at NASA Headquarters in Washington.