Aiming to skim less than 2,000 miles above the cloud tops, no spacecraft has ever gone so close to Saturn. Hopes are high for incredible observations that could solve major mysteries about the planet’s core. Join NASA engineers for the tense and triumphant moments as they find out if their bold re-programming has worked, and discover the wonders that Cassini has revealed over the years.

Originally released by PBS, 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 29, 2019.

Grand Finale (7:22); --Gas Giant Facts and Observations (4:17); -- Closer Than Ever Before (4:00); -- Pioneering Astronomers (4:02); -- Return to the Gas Giant (4:47); -- Wet Moon With Orange Sky (3:27); -- Lunar Ocean (6:19); -- Bands of Dust and Ice (3:55); -- Solar System Formation (3:15); -- Probing Saturn's Interior (6:29); -- Final Hour (3:00); -- Credits: Death Dive to Saturn (1:02); .