Halloween has always been a special time for Cassini. The mission's unofficial color is orange (very much like Titan's atmosphere). Various mission teams compete each year for bragging rights - and a little trophy - with a pumpkin carving contest.
Halloween has always been a special time for Cassini. The mission's unofficial color is orange (very much like Titan's atmosphere). Each year various mission teams compete for bragging rights - and a little trophy - with a pumpkin carving contest.
With Cassini mission measuring time in months, Halloween 2016 is our last traditional pumpkin carving contest. So it's not surprising some of the entries featured good-natured gallows humor.
Here's a rundown of the final contest. Scroll down to find out who came out on top:
Honorable Mention: Public Engagement Team
3rd Place - Tie - Instrument Operations and Navigation Teams
Second Place - Spacecraft Operations
Winner - Science Planning and Sequencing Team
