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Saturn images to be displayed in New York
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Apr 21, 2008 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says some of the best images from Saturn and the planet's rings and moons will be displayed in New York.
Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
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Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed ...
Parachuting to Titan: Update 1
Jan 14, 2005 |
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Radio astronomers confirm Huygens entry in the atmosphere of Titan. The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, a part of the global network of radio telescopes involved in tracking the Huygens Titan ...
Huygens on Titan, First Images 2:45 p.m. EST
Jan 14, 2005 |
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European Space Agency mission managers for the Huygens probe confirm that data of the probe's descent to Saturn's moon Titan are being received. They expect to see first images around 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The data was ...
Journey to Saturn From Your Computer
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Feb 01, 2008 |
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Want a peek at Saturn as seen from space? A new interactive 3-D viewer that uses a game engine and allows users to travel to Saturn and see it the way the Cassini spacecraft sees it is now online at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/CASSIE ...
Cassini sees collisions of moonlets on Saturn's ring
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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A team of scientists led from the UK has discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring can be attributed to small moonlets causing perturbations. Their results are reported in Nature. Saturn's F ring ...
Cassini Mission to Saturn Celebrates 10 Years Since Launch
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Oct 12, 2007 |
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its launch from Cape Canaveral, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is once again at the center of scientific attention. Its latest discoveries about the ringed planet ...
Scientists present new results from Huygens probe
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Jun 04, 2007 |
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Today, two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of Huygens still ...
Huygens’s second landing anniversary – the surprises continue
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Jan 12, 2007 |
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Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, beaming its ...
Titan's pebbles 'seen' by Huygens radio
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Jul 25, 2006 |
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An unexpected radio reflection from the surface of Titan has allowed ESA scientists to deduce the average size of stones and pebbles close to the Huygens’ landing site. The technique could be used on other ...
NASA Salutes Successful Huygens Probe
Jan 15, 2005 |
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe today offered congratulations to the European Space Agency (ESA) on the successful touchdown of its Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan. The probe entered Titan's upper atmosphere at ...
Building our new view of Titan
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Jun 01, 2007 |
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Two and a half years after the historic landing of ESA’s Huygens probe on Titan, a new set of results on Saturn’s largest moon is ready to be presented. Titan, as seen through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Huygens ...
Cassini cameras spot powerful new lightning storm on Saturn
Feb 14, 2006 |
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Following the recent detection of Saturnian radio bursts by NASA's Cassini spacecraft that indicated a rare and powerful atmospheric storm, Cassini imaging scientists have spotted the storm in an unlikely fashion: ...
Huygens sets off with correct spin and speed
Jan 11, 2005 |
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On Christmas Day 2004, the Cassini spacecraft flawlessly released ESA’s Huygens probe, passing another challenging milestone for Cassini-Huygens mission. But, with no telemetry data from Huygens, how do we know the ...
Scientists: Methane may be Titan's 'water'
Sep 12, 2005 |
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Scientists say methane might serve the same purpose on Saturn's moon Titan that water does on Earth, the BBC reported Monday.
