By Brett Stav,Voiland College of Engineering and ArchitecturePULLMAN, Wash. – David Atkinson knew his job would eventually end in a ball of flames.
On Friday, and after two decades in space,NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will end its remarkable journey of exploration to gather data and photograph Saturn. After orbiting the planet for 13 years, Cassini will be destroyed by intentionally plummeting itself into the planets atmosphere.
A member of the Cassini team and a Washington State University electrical engineering alum, or Atkinson (’80 B.
S.,’89 Ph.
D. Elec. Engr.) knew this was how the project would end, but looks back upon it fondly.Seeing it end ... » More ...
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