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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.
Huygens Scientific Archive data set released
Aug 02, 2006 |
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ESA's Huygens probe successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and safely landed on its surface on 14 January 2005. An extraordinary new world has been unveiled. The unique ...
Cassini Spacecraft to Monitor North Pole on Titan
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Dec 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though there are no plans to investigate whether Saturn's moon Titan has a Santa Claus, NASA's Cassini will zoom close to Titan's north pole this weekend.
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 ...
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 ...
How the world watched Huygens
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Jul 27, 2006 |
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As Huygens parachuted to the surface of Titan in January 2005, a battery of telescopes around the world were watching or listening. The results of those observations are now being collected together and published ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Huygens landing: one year on
Jan 13, 2006 |
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One year ago this week, on 14 January 2005, ESA’s Huygens probe reached the upper layer of Titan’s atmosphere and landed on the surface after a parachute descent 2 hours and 28 minutes later.
The jet stream of Titan
Jan 24, 2007 |
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A pair of rare celestial alignments that occurred in November 2003 helped an international team of astronomers investigate the far-off world of Titan. In particular, the alignments helped validate the atmospheric ...
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 ...
First images from Titan
Jan 14, 2005 |
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This raw image was returned by the ESA Huygens DISR camera after the probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan. It shows the surface of Titan with ice blocks strewn around. The size and distance of the ...
Fasten your seat belts -- turbulent lessons from Titan
Aug 28, 2007 |
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Have you spilled your drink on an airliner? Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand turbulence, both in the Earth's atmosphere and that of Saturn's moon Titan.
Huygens landing site to be named after Hubert Curien
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Mar 05, 2007 |
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As of 14 March, an epic space mission and one of the founding fathers of the European space endeavour will be forever linked.
