Nicely done.
The international Cassini spacecraft threaded a gap between two of Saturn's dazzling rings late Wednesday and entered orbit around the giant planet, completing one of the mission's most critical maneuvers more than 900 million miles from Earth.Posted by Alan at July 1, 2004 06:41 AMMission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers shortly before 9 p.m. PDT when a radio signal indicated Cassini had been captured by Saturn.
"It was kind of a nail-biter throughout but what you saw here was the result of a lot of work on the part of a lot of people and it all paid off just perfect," said Robert Mitchell, the Cassini program manager at JPL.