Upcoming Events
24 December 2004
On Christmas Day, 25 December 2004, the Huygens spacecraft will begin the final part of its journey to Titan when it is jettisoned by the Cassini spacecraft. For updates on this event please visit the ESA Cassini-Huygens website http://saturn.esa.int.The SciTech webteam would like to draw your attention to the following mission related events that are due to take place in 2005:
Huygens
Huygens descent in Titan's atmosphere on 14 January 2005
http://sci.esa.int/huygens/
Cassini
Tour of Saturnian system:
| Iapetus | 1 January 2005 |
| Titan | 14 January 2005 |
| Titan | 15 February 2005 |
| Enceladus | 17 February 2005 |
| Enceladus | 9 March 2005 |
| Titan | 31 March 2005 |
| Titan | 16 April 2005 |
| Enceladus | 14 July 2005 |
| Mimas | 2 August 2005 |
| Titan | 22 August 2005 |
| Titan | 7 September 2005 |
| Tethys | 24 September 2005 |
| Hyperion | 26 September 2005 |
| Dione | 11 October 2005 |
| Titan | 28 October 2005 |
| Rhea | 26 November 2005 |
| Titan | 26 December 2005 |
SMART-1
Injection into lunar science orbit on 13 Janunary 2005
http://sci.esa.int/smart1/
Start of lunar science operations in February 2005
http://sci.esa.int/smart1/
Mars Express
The first Mars Express science conference will be held on 21-25 February 2005
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=36000
Rosetta
First Earth flyby in March 2005
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/
Venus Express
Launch window October-November 2005
http://sci.esa.int/venusexpress/
Alongside these events there will be the ongoing return of scientific results from the other missions within the agency, the construction of the Herschel and Planck spacecraft and the ongoing process of defining the Cosmic Vision Programme for 2015-2025.
Seasons Greetings,
SciTech Editorial Team
Chris & Guido