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- [Announcer] System,
this is ACS One,

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we've just had transition
to high rate mode,

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and we are in the atmosphere.

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[loud, dramatic zoom]

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- [Todd Barber] Radio signal
is still holding, 30 seconds.

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- [announce Spacecraft
has just crossed

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10 degrees north latitude,
altitude 1,000 miles.

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- [Controller] Copy, thank you.

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- [Julie Webster] OK, we call
loss of signal at 1-1-5-5-4-6

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[drum roll]

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>> Earl Maize: You
just heard the signal

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from the spacecraft is gone

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and within the next 45 seconds

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so will be the spacecraft.

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I hope you're all
as deeply proud

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of this amazing accomplishment.

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Congratulations to you all.

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This has been an
incredible mission,

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an incredible spacecraft,

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and you're all an
incredible team.

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I'm going to call this
the end of mission.

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Project Manager off the net.

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[applause]

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[dramatic orchestral music]

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- Well we're here to discuss
a magnificent mission

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that had an amazing end.

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There it is.

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This is Cassini.

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Next picture.

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This is also Cassini.

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Yes.

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[applauding]

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- When I look back over
the Cassini mission,

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I see a mission that was running

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a 13-year-marathon of
scientific discovery.

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And this last orbit
was just the last lap.

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So we stood in celebration

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of successfully
completing the race.

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This is the view in the
infrared at five microns.

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You can see the heat energy
coming out of Saturn.

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This is the place where
Cassini took its final plunge.

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- It's not an end but
really a beginning.

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The discoveries that
Cassini has made

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over the past 13 years in orbit

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have rewritten the
textbooks of Saturn,

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have discovered worlds
that could be habitable,

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and have guaranteed that we'll
return to that ringed world.