This image shows Saturn and its rings, as captured by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

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The Cassini spacecraft doesn't take weekends, and as a result, space geeks have a new set of Saturn photos that are among the best the explorer has ever captured.

The images were captured Saturday and by science writer Shannon Stirone. The pictures show multiple angles of the planet as the spacecraft swerved in and out of Saturn's rings, showing them in stunning detail that never gets old.

Saturn's north pole is seen in this image taken Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, by the Cassini spacecraft.

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According to Business Insider, Monday began the spacecraft's ; Cassini is scheduled to be intentionally crashed into the planet on Sept. 21 because it is running out of fuel and NASA will no longer be able to control it once it does.

"As it makes these five dips into Saturn, followed by its final plunge, Cassini will become ," Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a press release. "It's long been a goal in planetary exploration to send a dedicated probe into the atmosphere of Saturn, and we're laying the groundwork for future exploration with this first foray."

Another image of Saturn, as taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

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Monday's pass was Cassini's closest-ever pass of Saturn – the spacecraft was just 1,000 miles above the cloud tops and sampled the gases , according to BBC.com. Each of its four remaining passes will be used to study as much of the planet as it can – a fitting end for what has been a fruitful 20-year mission.

"It's Cassini's blaze of glory,"Spilkertold Business Insider. "It will be doing science until the very last second."