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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been

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surveying Saturn its rings and its moon

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for 13 years since arriving in the

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planet orbit on June 30th 2004 ray Lugo

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led NASA's launch team that spent

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Cassini into space seven years before on

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October 15 1997 overall Cassini was

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complicated a lot of people and a lot of

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moving pieces Cassini is one of those

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missions that don't occur that many

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times in your career and you really have

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to embrace them and take in how much

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these really mean because a bunch of

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people have given their lives and making

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this happen you see it launch you see it

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approach Saturn and get these amazing

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pictures and you think wow I was a part

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of something that really redefined the

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understanding of a planet like Saturn

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and the Rings I wasn't responsible for

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the science but I can take some comfort