Not contented with upend our views of the Solar System and beyond , NASA has decided to conquer the world of entertainment too it seems .
On Saturday , September 8 , it wasannouncedthat the team behind the Cassini commission had won an Emmy for their reportage of the “ Grand Finale ” of the spacecraft in September 2017 . The scientist involved were understandably pretty excited .
" This honour represents the especial magic that happen when we combine the stunning imaging and powerful science from a mission such as Cassini , ” Michael Greene , the director for Communications and Education at NASA ’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) , said in his speech .
“ I am tremendously proud of our Public Engagement and Media Relations teams for turning the end of a charge into a unexampled beginning for pass along the admiration of our universe . ”
The Emmy is for Outstanding Original Interactive Program , and it was awarded based on JPL ’s coverage of the end of the Cassini military mission . As you may remember , the mission ’s finale had plenty ofexciting and melancholy momentsas we headed towards the spacecraft ’s demise .
The mission was given the byname Grand Finale , with a effort running online to spotlight some of the accomplishment from the 20 - twelvemonth mission . The space vehicle was at long last purposefully destroyed in the atmosphere of Saturn , taking arresting image of the planet and its rings as it plunged to its end .
The Emmy recognizes the job the team at NASA did to transmit this ending , including steady updates on societal medium , live Q&A sessions with the team , a forgetful film about the mission ’s history , and regular intelligence about the destruction of the mission .
“ Thank you to quad fan , if you ’re a current space sports fan or succeeding space fan , ” Veronica McGregor , manager of JPL ’s Media Relations Office , said in her oral communication . “ This is for science , for science literacy , and discovery . ”
While it has been propose this was NASA ’s first Emmy , that ’s not all true . The office ’s Glenn Research Centre scoop up oneback in 1998 , while the Apollo program was also pass onein 2009on the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing .
Still , it ’s a fantastic achievement for the Cassini squad . This pioneering ballistic capsule might be work , but we really did get a quite rattling expression into its coda like no other space vehicle before .
