SoT 262: Cassini's Grand Finale
Channel: Science on Top
Date: 2017-05-09

SoT 262: Cassini's Grand Finale
http://scienceontop.com/262

NASA's Cassini probe has been studying Saturn and it's rings and moons for thirteen years and is now running out of fuel. And as it comes to the end of it's life, it's begun a series of risky orbits between the planet and its rings. 
A team of researchers mostly from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have successfully created an artificial womb in which premature lambs can be brought to term. 
NASA and ESA have produced a joint proposal to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. 

This episode contains traces of NASA at Saturn: Cassini's Grand Finale, a video by NASA explaining the Cassini mission and the end of its mission. 

http://scienceontop.com/262

Chapters:
00:00:47 Bittersweet feeling as Cassini mission embarks on its 'grand finale' ahead of death plunge http://theconversation.com/bittersweet-feeling-as-cassini-mission-embarks-on-its-grand-finale-ahead-of-death-plunge-76670
00:11:03 An artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep - and humans could be next http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-preterm-infant
00:17:37 It's Official. In 2025, NASA and the ESA Will Land on Europa to Look For Alien Life https://futurism.com/its-official-in-2025-nasa-and-the-esa-will-land-on-europa-to-look-for-alien-life/