Science & Exploration 30 December 513 views 0 likes ESA / Science & Exploration / Space Science 2000: On 30 December 2000, the ESA/NASA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission flew to within 9 721 846 kilometres of Jupiter. It used Jupiter for a gravitational assist for the last leg of its journey to Saturn. Like Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!