Video From Mission Control

Carolina Martinez 

JPL News Team

This is a video clip of the Cassini mission control area and Grant Eller, on console, confirming with the Deep Space Station in Canberra, Australia, that data has begun transmitting from Cassini to Earth.  Play clip 

Here is a high-resolution, broadcast quality clip of the same event: High-resolution clip

And here’s an interview clip with Todd Barber, Cassini lead propulsion engineer:  Play clip

You can get a high-resolution, broadcast quality clip of Todd here: High-resolution clip

Tomorrow we will have more postings from our scientists and engineers and their comments on the images. 

Raw images may begin to appear in the pre-dawn hours (PDT) with some of the best raw views arriving in the late afternoon.  For the latest raw images see:  http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/raw-images-list1.html