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Now, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has added one more to the list: propylene, a chemical building block used in the manufacture of plastic consumer goods. Watch the video to learn more. || ", "release_date": "2013-11-14T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2025-01-06T14:30:48.469241-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 460772, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011371/cover-1024.jpg", "filename": "cover-1024.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "An ingredient of everyday plastic is discovered on Saturn’s moon Titan.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "sources": [], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }