Gloucester Area Astronomy Club Meeting, June 10 2011

Gloucester Area Astronomy Club Meeting, June 10 2011
The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club meets at 8:00pm on the second  Friday of the month, at St Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville, on Cape  Ann.
This month, join us and NASA Solar System Ambassador Ted Blank to find  out all about the Cassini mission to Saturn!
The Cassini spacecraft has been returning stunningly beautiful images  and undreamed of new discoveries since it arrived at Saturn in 2004,  and the mission team has just received funding to continue operating  the spacecraft until 2017.  Find out why Cassini started its journey  by being launched in the wrong direction (on purpose!) and what  incredible things we have learned so far about Saturn, its rings and  its moons.  Learn about science instruments on board and the plans for  the risky maneuvers planned during Cassini’s final orbits when it will  pass inside the rings headed for a terminal encounter with Saturn’s  atmosphere.  Kids and adults will find this overview fun and exciting.