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Huygens landing spin mystery solved
Fifteen years ago today, ESA's Huygens probe made history when it descended to the surface of Saturn's moon Titan and became the first probe to successfully land on another world in the...
Visualisation of airflow across ESA's Huygens probe
Visualisation of airflow across ESA's Huygens probe
Predicted and actual spin rates of ESA's Huygens probe
Predicted and actual spin rates of ESA's Huygens probe
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Cassini finds soluble organic compounds in ocean-world Enceladus
Scientists analysing archival data from the international Cassini mission have found evidence of light, soluble and reactive organic molecules in the ice grains ejected by Saturn's icy moon...
Sunlight scattering through Enceladus's water plumes
Sunlight scattering through Enceladus's water plumes
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No. 9 - Solar Conjunction Ends
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft emerged from behind the Sun today after being in solar conjunction since 5 July. The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Deep Space Network's...
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona This page provides a link to http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ ...
6th Huygens checkout details
6th Huygens checkout details This page provides a link to http://spdext.estec.esa.nl/content/news/index.cfm?aid=12&cid=384&oid=22945 ...
Huygens 3rd Probe Checkout
The third inflight checkout of the Huygens Probe was successfully completed over the Christmas period. All systems and experiments performed as expected. Huygens can now sleep on for the next 8.5...
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Kitt Peak National Observatory This page provides a link to http://www.noao.edu/kpno/kpno.html
Venus flyby live from JPL
Venus flyby live from JPL This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/cassini_cam/
NASA/JPL status report
NASA/JPL status report This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/MoreInfo/pressrel/status981203.html ...
Full story on Galileo pictures
Full story on Galileo pictures This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/today981207.html ...
ACP home page
ACP home page This page provides a link to http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/english/welcome1024_e.html
NASA/JPL Press release
NASA/JPL Press release This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/MoreInfo/pressrel/status000211.html ...
Where is Cassini-Huygens now?
Where is Cassini-Huygens now? This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/today/
Cassini home page at JPL
Cassini home page at JPL This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini
NASA's Planetary Photojournal
NASA's Planetary Photojournal This page provides a link to http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
Asteroid Masursky flyby (JPL)
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ESOC missions page
ESOC missions page This page provides a link to http://www.esoc.esa.de/pr/missions/ongoing.php3
Where is Cassini now?
Where is Cassini now? This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/today/
JPL - Where is Cassini today?
JPL - Where is Cassini today? This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/today/
NASA mission status reports
NASA mission status reports This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/msnstatus/
Cassini home page at JPL
Cassini home page at JPL This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/
Cassini RPWS instrument home page
Cassini RPWS instrument home page This page provides a link to http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/cassini/home.html ...
Mission status from JPL
Mission status from JPL This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/status/cas/cs990624.html
Signals mimicking those from the Huygens probe were sent to the Cassini orbiter from Earth
Signals mimicking those from the Huygens probe were sent to the Cassini orbiter from Earth
An Adequate Kinetic Model for the Photochemical Formation of Hydrocarbon Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere
An Adequate Kinetic Model for the Photochemical Formation of Hydrocarbon Aerosols in Titan's Atmosphere Publication date: 02 May 1997 Authors: Dimitrov, V. and Bar-Nun, A. ...
Properties of the Main High Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons in Titan's Atmosphere
Properties of the Main High Molecular Weight Hydrocarbons in Titan's Atmosphere Publication date: 02 May 1997 Authors: Dimitrov, V. and Bar-Nun, A. Journal: Prog. in Reaction...
Admissible Height of Local Roughness of Titan's Landscape
Admissible Height of Local Roughness of Titan's Landscape Publication date: 25 March 1999 Authors: Dimitrov, Vasili I., Bar-Nun, Akiva Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research ...
From the Interstellar Medium to Earth's Oceans via Comets - An Isotopic Study of HDO/H<sub>2</sub>0
From the Interstellar Medium to Earth's Oceans via Comets - An Isotopic Study of HDO/H 2 0 Publication date: 02 July 1999 Authors: Laufer, D.G. et al. Journal: Icarus Volume:...
NASA Cassini significant events report
NASA Cassini significant events report This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/MoreInfo/sigevents ...
Where is Cassini now?
Where is Cassini now? This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/today
Live Cassini Video Feed
Live Cassini Video Feed This page provides a link to http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/cassini_cam/
Saturn over Titan
The Huygens probe descends through Titan's murky, brownish-orange atmosphere of nitrogen and carbon-based molecules, beaming its findings to the distant Cassini orbiter. The probe is equipped...
Cassini Significant Event Report
Cassini Significant Event Report This page provides a link to http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/sig-event-details.cfm?newsID=432 ...
The Huygens probe separating from the Cassini spacecraft
This artist's concept of the Cassini-Huygens orbiter shows the Huygens probe separating to enter Titan's atmosphere. After separation, the probe drifts for about three weeks until reaching...
An overview of the descent and landing of the Huygens probe on Titan
An overview of the descent and landing of the Huygens probe on Titan Publication date: 08 December 2005 Authors: Lebreton, J.-P., et al. Journal: Nature Volume: 438 Issue:...
Huygens communications package under investigation
During an extensive in-flight end-to-end telecommunications test conducted in early February 2000, characteristics of ESA's Huygens-Cassini communications link were observed which had not been...
Rhea
Saturn's moon Rhea shows off the moon equivalent of a black eye - a bright, rayed crater near its eastern limb.
Enceladus and its paper-thin crust
Enceladus and its paper-thin crust This page provides a link to http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/07/Enceladus_and_its_paper-thin_crust...