NASA releases photo mosaic of people waving at Saturn . People sent 1,400 pictures of themselves waving from 30 states , 40 countries . Score: 7 The project originated because the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft , which was launched in 1997 and has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004 , was going to be taking pictures of the planet and its rings during a solar eclipse . ` Wave at Saturn '' campaign was an opportunity to highlight images being taken of the planet .
NASA releases photo mosaic of people waving at Saturn . People sent 1,400 pictures of themselves waving from 30 states , 40 countries . Score: 7 ` Wave at Saturn '' campaign was an opportunity to highlight images being taken of the planet .