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Cassini is gone. Here are the next space missions to watch out for

Here are a variety of space missions worth keeping tabs on over the next decade or so

NASA Cassini
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No spacecraft has ever ventured so close to the planet before, Nasa said

Nicholas St Fleur | NYT
Now that Cassini has gone out in a blaze of glory, you’re probably wondering what cosmic missions you can get excited about next. Though NASA is reviewing proposals that may include a return to Saturn to seek signs of life on ocean worlds like its moons Enceladus and Titan, other endeavors into deep space are already on the calendar. Here are a variety of space missions worth keeping tabs on over the next decade or so.

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