Idan kuna son duniyar sarari musamman masaniyar binciken da muke aiwatarwa kadan-kadan, tabbas zaku san kasada, da ma ɓarnatarwa, na Cassini, wani bincike da NASA ta harba zuwa sararin samaniya a shekara ta 1997. Bayan kusan shekaru 20 na tafiya da aiki a Saturn, an gama bangaren karshe na aikin inda Cassini zai ruga cikin yanayin Saturn.
Yanzu, don a hallaka Cassini a ƙarshe akwai sauran watanni goma da za a yi, lokacin da binciken zai sami lokacin kusanci sandunan duniya da zobensa kamar yadda ba a taɓa yi ba a cikin shekaru 12 da yake bincika Saturn. Godiya ga wannan hanyar ana iya nutsar da binciken cikin zobba duka sau 22, lokaci mai yawa ga Cassini don samun cikakkun hotuna masu yawa game da su kuma ƙayyade gaseous gas wanda yake wanzu a waɗannan yankuna.
Cassini zai canza zagaye don iya nutsuwa da nazarin zoben Saturn.
A matsayin cikakken bayani, gaya muku hakan kowane ɗayan waɗannan nutsewar zai ɗauki kwana 7. Godiya ga wannan tsawon lokacin, Cassini na iya ɗaukar hoto tare da ƙudurin kilomita ɗaya da pixel wanda daga baya za'a sake gina shi don tantance tsari da abun da ke tattare da zobban. A wannan matakin Cassini zai tashi sama a Saturn a tsawan kilomita 90.000 sama da gajimare a doron duniya. Daga watan Afrilun shekara mai zuwa binciken zai nutse zuwa kilomita 1.600 kawai don samun damar bincika duniyar a zurfin zurfi.
Da zarar an kammala aikin Cassini, NASA ta kiyasta cewa a watan Satumba na 2017, binciken zai ƙarshe shiga cikin yanayin Saturn zuwa karshen wuta kamar dai duk wani meteorite ne.