Live stream from mission control has begun. Click here for final images and to learn how to follow the mission's fiery end online. Predicted loss of contact with Cassini at 7:55 a.m. EDT (11:55 UTC; translate to your time zone).
No matter where you live worldwide, an imaginary line from the moon through brilliant Venus - in the east before dawn - points in the general direction of Mercury and Mars on Saturday morning.
Cassini's legacy will endure. Click for an interesting video about the atmosphere of Saturn's large moon Titan, which might resemble that of an early Earth.
