Cassini's Grand Finale

Cassini's Grand Finale

2017 · 4 min · ★ 7.5 · Documentary, Animation

To help visualize the dramatic final chapter in Cassini's remarkable story, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this short film that features beautiful computer-generated animation, thoughtful narration and a rousing score. Producers at JPL worked with filmmaker Erik Wernquist, known for his 2014 short film "Wanderers," to create a stirring finale video befitting one of NASA's most successful missions of exploration.

Directed by Erik Wernquist · Written by Preston Dyches

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