The automotive world is one thing, but if you want to know what humans are truly capable of doing, all you have to do is look towards the space program. NASA and other space programs the world over are still, without question, the pinnacle of what can be done with tools, knowledge, science, imagination, hope, and sheer bravery. Men have walked on the Moon that orbits the Earth. We have remote-controlled vehicles exploring the surface of Mars. There is a tiny population of humans that reside a couple of hundred miles above the surface of our planet, looping around about fifteen times a day. And we have a space probe that is beyond the edge of our solar system, still sending back data.

The Cassini spacecraft has been busy working around the planet Saturn since it entered the ringed planet’s orbit in 2004. Launched in 1997, the craft has been at work for twenty years, and it’s power supply is dwindling down. NASA has made the decision that on September 15th, 2017, Cassini will be purposefully driven into Saturn’s atmosphere, which will destroy the craft and end the mission. But until that final day, Cassini is undertaking what NASA is calling the “Grand Finale”. And the biggest kick of this farewell tour is that Cassini’s orbit will be between the planet itself and the innermost, faintest of Saturn’s vivid ring system. Take a look at the video that NASA has put together explaining what will take place. The first pass was made a couple of days ago, with no incident, and Cassini will make the same pass twenty-one more times before it’s time to say goodbye.