Cassini spacecraft flies close to Saturn moon

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DailyTech - Cassini Passes by Saturn's Tiny Moon, Enceladus

The Cassini space probe will soon complete its four-year primary mission to study Saturn, its rings, and its moons. Though close to its June completion, the Cassini mission's operators will be busy today, as the spacecraft makes a very close flyby of one of Saturn's more interesting moons, Enceladus.
What interests scientists most about Enceladus is the giant geyser at its south pole. While the moon itself is a mere 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter, the geyser, which is composed mostly of micrometer-sized ice particles, [spouts material] almost three times that distance into space. The geyser makes Enceladus one of the most geologically active bodies in our solar system.

It is likely NASA will extend its mission as long as the micron sized particles do not do any damage. This will be cool to get some information a few months down the road as a possible source of water once we start sending humans into space.