NASA On Air: NASA's New Images Of Saturn's Icy Moon Hyperion (6/4/2015)

LEAD: On Sunday (May 31, 2015), NASA posted new images of one of Saturn’s moons named Hyperion that was captured during the Cassini spacecraft’s flyby.

1. The irregular craggy moon Hyperion is about 170 miles across and is probably half water ice.

2. The sponge-like appearance is thought to be due, in part, to impacts from meteors, which compress the icy surface.

TAG: This October Cassini will fly within 30 miles of another Saturn moon, Enceladus ‪(enˈselədəs)‬, to study its icy plumes.