ScienceDaily -- Shorty after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time (August 11, 2008), the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed only 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the surface of the tiny moon.
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