JPL and the Space Age: Triumph at Saturn (Part II) 

I'm one of the many who worked on this marvelous spacecraft. JPL optical engineer. My last project before I retired July 24, 1996. Double kudos to the navigation team. Amazing!

Posting these is a service to humanity

I had a tear for Cassini's end only after 3 hours of video imagine 13 years would be a lot harder. thank you.

I wish films like these were in our movie theatres, they deserve it and more, can you imagine IMAX? Our universe is so much more interesting than any story a human being can create. I have a couple telescopes at home and everytime I see Saturn and those rings, I think of Cassini plunging in that atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, pointing its radios back to that pale blue dot even in its final seconds, fighting with every thuster it has. Its amazing how we can feel so much empathy even for a machine. Thank you, everyone, sincerely at JPL and every nation that collaborated with us to make this happen. A lesson for humanity. Together, there's nothing we can't do.

By complete random chance I happened to be traveling for work back in '97 to Cocoa Beach FL and got the tip to catch the launch of this "Cassini" thing that you can see easily from the beaches there. I set my alarm for the wee hours of the morning, walked down to the beach and dug my toes in the sand and watched with awe at liftoff. From that instant and all the time between, I followed the mission to the end. In those years, I learned so much as the world did about Saturn and all the new mysteries to unravel. Sometimes us humans can really do amazing things. Thank you Cassini and all the legions of people who made it happen.

Great production. This should be shown in every middle and high school in this country. Vision, risk assessment, collaborative decision making, cost analysis , and the quest for exploration. All wrapped up in one of mankind’s greatest achievements.

I had to pause it after the first minute to laugh, that song had me absolutely rolling 😂 "have some linguini" I love nerds so much

I wonder if anyone realized the date chosen to end the mission was 305 years and 1 day to the day Cassini himself died. I found something poetic in that this spacecraft went around the same time it's namesake went. Now I'm going to watch part one again just to feel like Cassini was resurrected to get rid of the sadness of its demise. Absolutely THE BEST documentary! Bravo JPL!!

As someone who have experience in analyzing Cassini's spectrum data, I have goosebumps watching this. Kudos to NASA JPL for making such beautiful documentary!

It makes me sad that such a beautifully produced, inspiring story doesn't have millions of views

Thanks to all of you at JPL, as a taxpayer who helps fund these kind of projects, I find so much inspiration for the work you do and hope our country is smart enough to keep these projects going continuously. Thank You and thanks to those that put this presentation together!

That intro lol. Robert Picardo doing an obvious nod to a scene with The Doctor in Star Trek Voyager made my morning.

The only thing more impressive than the mission itself is the cooperation behind it. Between Europe and the United States and all of the people on either side, it just goes to show that the future of humanity is cooperation, not competition. These people make me proud to be human. It's a beautiful thing and something to be hugely optimistic about.

Very nice documentary. Salute to all who made this possible

That ending sequence made me tear up all over again. What a fantastic mission, an impossibly amazing spacecraft, an exceptionally brilliant team, and a great presentation. Truly awe inspiring. This success certainly earned its place in the chronicle of human history.

storytelling quality out of this world :) thank you

Let's all pray JWST will go as smoothly as Cassini

I hope our kids in school are seeing this, this should be for 6th graders just to awe at.

7 years well worth the wait great job to you all

THE INTRO HAS ME DEADDD!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU JPL FOR THAT VIDEO!

Jump here from part 1, cant wait for part 2. Thx JPL!!

The Choir song has got me in tears :')

I have to wait FOUR more days for this episode to drop! It’s torture!!!

This was a beautiful account of the development and mission, thanks to everyone involved in the success of the probe, and also the creation of this documentary.

*THANK YOU NASA TEAMS* 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦♥️☝️👍

Bless his heart. The tour designer really nerded out at the end. Happens to the best of us.

I cried, because I was proud of the team, for doing such an incredible accomplishment for us all. Thank you for helping humanity!

A truly wondrous mission. I felt genuinely sad for the people involved as the Cassini mission ended. A heartfelt thank you to all of them.

I didn't expect to spend my evening crying at Cassini's Grand Finale. Thanks to everyone at JPL for their efforts, and to the documentary crew for the excellent video.

Amazing finale to an amazing mission. Thank you to everyone at JPL for carrying us with you for 13 years and 4.9 billion miles. Let's do it again at Europa.

Shed some tears at the end there. Awesome mission, *wonderful people!*

Thank you, for everything! We miss you, Cassini!

Finally the true sendoff to Cassini that it deserved. Perhaps the most productive solar system probe ever. Thank you JPL for this and to all the amazing people that worked on this project basically their entire career.

That ending kind of feels like watching a friend commit euthanasia. Was difficult to watch. Thanks for all the people who put in YEARS of their lives into this mission!

Cassini is one of the greatest interplanetary probes of all time

Back in 2010 I had the privilege of leading the team that designed the 3rd floor data center at the JPL mission control building. It was a great project but working with the super genii was like herding cats in a thunderstorm.

the ending is so emotional... i must admit i might have shed a tear

This was FANTASTIC. Thank you so much.

Oh love it! And the “hologram doctor” was always so special! ❤️❤️❤️

This is breathtaking beyond any doubt. Beautiful production.

What an epic mission! And what a fantastic documentary. I always found unmanned space exploration a bit boring and unapproachable, but I “get it” now. I really hope JPL and NASA will bring a lot more of their missions to life by doing these types of documentaries. Every mission should have a budget for a documentary like this one 🤗

Impressive intro from our beloved Emergency Medical Hologram 👍

That intro is Cassini… out of this world😉

So amazing documentary! Thank you JPL, NASA, ESA, and all the people who took part in this incredible Cassini-Huygens mission!

This was an absolute treat to watch! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this mission and props to the director for giving us such an immersive experience on the processes for such a mission to happen. The music at the end was awesome as well.

Space related content intrigues only the best of us.

Hats off to Tour designers trying to please 200 Genius professors. 👏👏👏

What an amazing gift to the world this mission was. Thank you. The love for space exploration, excitement, curiosity and shear passion, shows in each persons face. This is so inspirational. You guys are truly amazing and such an example to the rest of us. I just want to say, I am so proud of humanity's reach.

Anybody else blown away by Picardo's voice? Beautiful!!!! Funny, but great sound.

I love that the narrator seems to be the same guy that narrated the journal and lore entries in the Mass Effect games. Fitting!

Cassin was a breathtaking probe I ever witnessed!!

The guidance officers ( Tour Guides) for the Cassini mission were exceptionally good. There are sooo many obstacles and different gravitational fields around Saturn and it’s 82 Moons, most of which they didn’t even know about.

Thank you JPL, NASA, ESA, and everyone involved in this crazy journey. What a ride!

What an utterly amazing accomplishment from “Inception” to “Finale”! To all of those, be they a machinist who handmade the parts, to the engineers and scientists who designed it and built it, you have left an indelible mark on the sciences and space exploration! I can’t say it enough… SIMPLY AMAZING!

One thing that never escapes me (being from the Netherlands) is how native speakers of English pronounce the name of Huygens. As long as I have been watching RU-vid videos, not a single native English speaker has pronounced it correctly... Please keep producing more of these kind of documentaries!

These women and men are the kind of people I want my children to be. Curious and ambitious.

Loss of signal nearly made her cry. RIP Cassini.

I've watched this twice, and both times the end brought tears to my eyes. Bravo, Hallelujah, Amen, and Goodbye!

Beautiful... Thanks for telling the history of Cassini in this touching documentary.

This is terrific work supported by terrific work by JPLers to make this mission successful!

Born in 1980 I came on Earth the same year as the Saturn photo of Voyager, just before I got 18 years old NASA Send a rocket once again in Saturn Direction, in 2005 I got my first apartment alone and I was ready to witness the arrival of Cassini spacecraft, and yes I was crying when Cassini jump into Saturn atmosphère few years ago. NASA mission help me to remember my life. Thank you NASA👋😁👍 All my respect for Tour Designers !

props to the cameraman filming Cassini burning up in the atmosphere. Unique view.

Great👍👏 full very interesting video 🌍✌as I can see👀 out side planet's 💟✌😇

Amazing production. Well done JPL.

Out of endings come new, bigger and better beginnings!..........God Bless!

Outstanding, thank you for the wonderful presentation! JPL☝ 😉👍

Could watch this all day.. I had no idea they could essentially steer Cassini where they wanted.. I thought it was in a regular orbit the whole time.. Incredible stuff.

Thank you JPL for this amazing documentary! Can't wait till the next one!

Having Robert Picardo was perfect. Thank you for this video.

OUTSTANDING!

Phenomenal. In this world of trouble and general stupidity, it is heartening to know that there are some real humans doing real work for the advancement of humanity.

Yes!

What a beautiful and touching story. The JPM team, the production quality, the results - all superb. Bravo JPL!

This was a beautiful, beautiful documentary. I need MOAR!

Loved the introduction, now will settle down and enjoy your presentation. I’m enjoying the exciting images from the video.

Great Mission, as it has added invaluable knowledge - otherwise unobtainable - about the Saturn planetary System. Compliments to the Cassini team, and to the team that documented the mission in such high-quality documentary, of the likes never seen before any mission. Thank you from an amateur astronomer and Space enthusiast...

The ST hologram Dr singing in the beginning killed me😂 What a great way to start the second part of this awesome doc!!

I get the impression this will be shown on _PBS NOVA_ at some point.

Please make more of these! Loved every minute of it.

Thank you for the opening opera. magical unique moments like that show everyone why you go the extra mile with creativity.

That intro was the most geeky and genious thing I've seen. Thank you for it.

I'm 65 and always feel blessed to have grown up during the 60s when NASA in it's infancy was bustling with Mercury Gemini leading to Apollo and the Moon. And now we have this amazement. The Hubble and James Webb. Very proud. 😊

The opening was brilliant!

LOVED this two part documentary!! Would be amazing to do one about juno or voyager(s). Either way, i'm thankful for this no matter what. Thank you so much NASA/JPL!

Thank you for publishing these! :)

Greatdocumentary, especially giving a taste of the team atmosphere, work climate etc of the Cassini teamS. They got an Emmy 4 their videoing their work, well deserved one too! Cassini mission was big succes and hat was no to the mission command team, next to the engineers and rocket scientists of course, that built the Cassini space probe and put it into space.,,

Looking forward to the future return to the Saturnian system and Titan with Project Dragonfly. Go JPL ! That was an amazing documentary thanks 👍

This was beyond amazing.

These two videos have been a great watch. Thank you! As a someone that's always been interested in science and space but really only now getting into it I knew of this mission but not exactly the how and excellence of the mission.

Absolutely brilliant. Whoever thought that talented engineers and scientists can have so much fun and, emotions. Loved every minute. THANK YOU NASA.

What a fantastic documentary. Thank you!

Whoever's idea to have Robert Picardo do that intro needs a raise. Actually Perfect! Please let me know who it was!

We love you Cassini and will never forget you.

JPL .... you wizards of orbital mechanics, simply awesome people. Fantastic documentary!.

This was a masterpiece, it has been acknowledged, very well Caruso is my favourite

I AM EXCITED!!!!!!

❤❤❤ Made me cry! 🤦🏽‍♂️ Unbelievable Mission & a world class documentary! ❤

Well done NASA JPL! A fitting tribute

Super thanks for all your hard work

An outstanding documentary for an outstanding mission. Thank you.