The Cassini-Huygens probe entered Saturn’s orbit today, seven years after launch, and within ONE SECOND of the schedule originally called for seven years ago. That is freakin’ incredible!!! I’m just in awe of that kind of planning. The NASA and JPL people deserve a big kudos on this project.
Saturn is beautiful, images look like they just have to be faked (this is a real one, a composite of two narrow range cameras on the truck-sized probe):

July 1st, 2004 at 12:08 pm