SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NASA`s Cassini spacecraft began the first in a series of dives through the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its rings on April 26 with the help of onboard bipropellant and monopropellant thrusters made by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD). Over the next five months, the Aerojet Rocketdyne 16 MR-103H 0.2 lbf monopropellant thrusters will guide Cassini through its final days, helping the spacecraft obtain the first-ever sampling of Saturn`s atmosphere and particles from the main rings, as well as the closest-ever views of Saturn`s clouds and inner rings, before the spacecraft`s...
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