Studying Saturn: The Legacy of the Cassini Mission – with Michele Dougherty

Last year the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft mission ended its 20 years in space by burning up in Saturn’s atmosphere (on purpose). Michele Dougherty talks us through the incredible mission, from its unlikely beginnings to its unexpected findings.
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Michele Dougherty is a Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London. She is leading unmanned exploratory missions to Saturn and Jupiter and is Principal Investigator for J-MAG, a magnetometer for the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) of the European Space Agencies due for launch June 2022.

This talk and Q&A were filmed in the Ri at 23 February 2018.

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