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The Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Dione and the fine fractures that cross its trailing hemisphere.

NASA Cassini spacecraft peers through the hazy atmosphere of Titan for a close view of light and dark terrain on Saturn largest moon.

The Cassini spacecraft looks down on the north pole of Mimas and sees the moon cratered trailing hemisphere.

The shadow of the moon Enceladus appears on Saturn just south of the thin shadow of the planet rings in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Bright spokes grace Saturn B ring in this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Both ancient and more recent surfaces are exposed in this view taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft of Saturn moon Enceladus.

From NASA Cassini spacecraft perspective, Saturn moon Dione passes in front of the moon Tethys in this mutual event.

NASA Cassini looks over the heavily cratered surface of Rhea during the spacecraft flyby of the moon on March 10, 2012.

The ring-region Saturnian moons Prometheus and Pan are both caught herding their respective rings in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

Gazing across the plains of Saturn icy rings, Cassini catches the F ring shepherd moon Pandora hovering in the distance

Great, oval-shaped storms churn through Saturn clouds in this Cassini spacecraft view of southern latitudes

This collection of Cassini images provides context for understanding the location and scale of propeller-shaped features observed within Saturn A ring

The Cassini spacecraft looks across the unlit ringplane as Mimas glides silently in front of Dione

Saturn moon Hyperion appears to tumble toward Cassini in this movie that shows variations in color across the moon surface

Cassini peers around the hazy limb of Titan to spy the sunlit south pole of Saturn in the distance beyond

Three of the small worlds that hug the outer edges of Saturn immense ring system are captured in this Cassini spacecraft portrait

The Cassini spacecraft continues to image terrain on Iapetus that is progressively eastward of the terrain it has previously seen illuminated by sunlight

This global digital map of Titan was created using data taken by the Cassini spacecraft Imaging Science Subsystem ISS

In this terrain, the dark material that coats Cassini Regio accentuates slopes and crater floors, creating a land of stark contrasts

The Cassini spacecraft investigates the craters and deep valleys on Dione during a close approach in April 2007

Cassini gazes down toward Saturn unilluminated ringplane to find Janus hugging the outer edge of rings

The Cassini spacecraft skims past Saturn ringplane at a low angle, spotting two ring moons on the far side

The soft, bright-and-dark bands displayed by Saturn in this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft are the signature of methane in the planet atmosphere.

NASA Cassini spacecraft shows off this angled view of the rings and Saturn poles taken on Feb. 26, 2016.

Two of Saturn moons, Tethys and the much smaller Janus, are captured in this photo from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Dione appears cut in two by Saturn razor-thin rings, seen nearly edge-on in a view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

This montage of images from NASA Cassini orbiter shows the precise location of the north pole on Saturn icy moon Enceladus.

The rings share this view with Mimas, a moon whose gravity influences the rings in this image taken by NASA Cassini Orbiter.

NASA Cassini spacecraft captures a couple of small moons in this image taken while the spacecraft was nearly in the plane of Saturn rings.

These two global images of Iapetus taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon.

This image, taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows the shadows of two moons as they appear on Saturn, above and below the plane of the planet rings.

Saturn potato-shaped moon Prometheus is shown in this close-up from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

NASA Cassini spacecraft captures the shadow of Saturn moon Tethys as it seems to disappear as it crosses the planet rings.

NASA Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn tiny irregular moon Janus surrounded by the vast, dark expanse of the outer solar system.

This near-infrared, color view from NASAS Cassini orbiter shows the sun glinting off of Titan north polar seas.

Three of Saturn moons, Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas, are captured in this group photo from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

This image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft shows Epimetheus, which orbits Saturn well outside of the F ring orbit.

These images obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft show Titan stable northern lake district.

Saturn rings cast shadows on the planet, except their shadows appear to be inside out in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

This movie of Titan shows data taken with Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer during the last three flybys of Titan

Jupiter casts a baleful eye toward the moon Ganymede in this enhanced-contrast image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Following a successful close flyby of Enceladus, NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this artful composition of the icy moon with Saturn rings beyond.

Taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft, a small white spot, probably a thunderstorm, lies to the south of a larger, brown spot on Jupiter.

Although difficult to see at first, more than one moon is at work sculpting Saturn rings in this view from the Cassini spacecraft

The bright crescent of Saturn moon Enceladus slides past distant Rhea in this mutual event, or occultation, movie from Cassini

NASA Cassini spacecraft gazes down at the marvelous rings and swirling clouds of giant Saturn from above the planet north pole.

Rhea shows off her bright, fresh-looking impact crater in this Cassini view taken during a close approach

The Cassini spacecraft captures the ripples, loops and storms that swirl in Saturn east-west flowing cloud bands

Sunlight filters through Saturn rings in sepia tones in this artful view from the Cassini spacecraft of the dark side of the rings

Looking toward high northern latitudes on Titan, the Cassini spacecraft spies a banded pattern encircling the pole

Fine, sharp-edged details and smooth gradients in the ring features of the Cassini Division are imaged here together at excellent resolution

The face of asteroid Masursky as seen by NASA Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem ISS, January, 2000.

Cassini visual and infrared mapping spectrometer has imaged a huge cloud system covering the north pole of Titan

The Cassini spacecraft looks down from a high-inclination orbit to spot two of Saturn ring moons

Resembling a thin ribbon wrapped around the crescent of the planet, Saturn rings are seen edge-on by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Saturn brightly lit rings slice across this NASA Cassini spacecraft picture taken before a backdrop of the planet clouds.

Janus, passing between the rings and NASA Cassini orbiter, poses for a snapshot taken by the spacecraft narrow-angle camera.

Light and dark terrain covers the surface of Saturn moon Iapetus in this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The F ring shepherds, Prometheus and Pandora, join Epimetheus in this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft of three of Saturn moons and the rings.

Clouds in Saturn atmosphere create an intricate pattern reminiscent of whipped cream swirling in coffee in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

This global digital map of Saturn moon Rhea was created using data obtained by NASA Cassini and Voyager spacecraft.

NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward a crescent of Saturn moon Iapetus and glimpses a bit of that moon yin-yang appearance.

A quartet of false-color, composite images show the dance of Saturn southern lights in data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn rings and southern hemisphere.

NASA Cassini spacecraft looks at a brightly illuminated Enceladus and examines the surface of the leading hemisphere of this Saturnian moon.

Saturn moon Mimas peeps out from behind the larger moon Dione in this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The F ring shows off a rich variety of phenomena in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The tiny wavemaker moon Daphnis is dwarfed by the very waves it creates on the edge of the Keeler gap as seen by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

NASA Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn richly dynamic atmosphere rewards viewers with unique and fascinating structures with every new observation.

The northern and southern hemispheres of Rhea are seen in these polar stereographic maps, mosaicked from the best-available NASA Cassini and Voyager images.

This global map of Saturn moon Tethys was created using images taken during flybys of NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The Cassini spacecraft looks toward the wispy, fractured terrain of the trailing hemisphere of the moon Dione.

From hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, the Cassini spacecraft spies craters on the surface of the moon Janus.

The Cassini spacecraft looks past the illuminated side of Saturn rings to the brilliant moon Enceladus.

The northern hemisphere of Tethys is seen in this polar stereographic map, mosaicked from the best-available images from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Beyond the ansa of Saturn rings, a crescent Rhea completes this ring-and-moon composition captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The bright arc within Saturn G ring is shown truncated by the shadow of the planet at the bottom of this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The low albedo feature known as Senkyo is visible through the haze of Titan atmosphere in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

NASA Cassini spacecraft reveals the cratered surface of Mimas, a moon whose shape is flattened at the poles.

As the moon Enceladus eclipses its neighbor Mimas, Cassini records a scene possible only around the time of Saturn approaching equinox.

This updated global map of Saturn moon Tethys was created using images taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The cameras on NASA Cassini spacecraft captured this rare look at Earth and its moon from Saturn orbit on July 19, 2013.

These images from NASA Cassini spacecraft show one of the large seas and a bounty of smaller lakes on Saturn moon Titan.

Evoking the haunting beauty of Earth Moon, a crescent Enceladus appears in the skies around Saturn in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

To the infrared eyes of NASA Cassini spacecraft, Saturn graceful clouds sometimes take on the appearance of an impressionist painting of the giant planet.

Saturn rings appear to form a majestic arc over the planet in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

A dynamical interplay between Saturn largest moon, Titan, and its rings is captured in this view from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Jupiter four largest satellites, including Io, the golden ornament in front of Jupiter in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft.

A large cloud formation swirls through the high northern latitudes of Saturn near the top of this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan atmosphere reaches NASA Cassini as the spacecraft camera is pointed at the dark side of the moon.

NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward Saturn largest moon and maps the dark Belet region on Titan.

Roughly a quarter of majestic Saturn is illuminated in this view captured while NASA Cassini spacecraft was orbiting near the planet equatorial plane.

An intriguing knotted ringlet within the Encke Gap is the main attraction in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

The smooth surface of Saturn moon Telesto is documented in this image captured during the NASA Cassini spacecraft Aug. 27, 2009, flyby.

Swinging by Saturn small moon Epimetheus, NASA Cassini spacecraft snapped this shot during the spacecraft April 7, 2010, flyby.

Like the Voyager spacecraft that came before, NASA Cassini spacecraft chronicles wispy terrain on Saturn moon Dione.

The shadow of the moon Epimetheus stretches across the B ring in this image taken by Cassini as Saturn approaches its 2009 equinox.

The orbits of Dione and Titan bring them together in one frame in this distant glimpse from the Cassini spacecraft.

The Cassini spacecraft looks toward the varied surface of the trailing hemisphere of Saturn moon Enceladus.