White of knuckle, scientist wills Titan probe on
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When Martin Tomasko, a UA astronomer, started designing the instrument that will serve as the eyes of the Huygens probe, he first fashioned a weighted block of metal to be used in a practice flight.
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Astronomers plan to slam an armchair-sized &quot;impactor&quot; into comet Tempel 1 to see what&#39;s inside -- and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth.
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NASA has is to send a probe on a collision course with a comet&#39;s nucleus to find out more about the composition and history of the bodies.
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WASHINGTON: The European-American Cassini-Huygens space probe has detected traces of ice flowing on the surface of Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan, suggesting the existence of an ice volcano, NASA said Tuesday.
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The Cassini spacecraft is heading for its first close encounter with Saturn&#39;s moon Titan tomorrow. University of Arizona scientists on the mission say Cassini will get its first real glimpse of Titan surface
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Officials at NASA plan to celebrate Christmas Eve by releasing a probe from a spacecraft orbiting Saturn to study the planet&#39;s largest moon Titan.
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Astronomers plan to slam an armchair-sized "impactor" into comet Tempel 1 to see what's inside -- and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter has had its closest encounter with Saturn&#39;s smog-shrouded moon, Titan, but scientists must wait to see their first glimpse of its icy surface.
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The European probe Huygens was due to descend to the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan, culminating a mission of more than seven years to explore one of the Solar System's great enigmas.
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On Jan. 14, the Huygens space probe is scheduled to land on Titan, a moon of Saturn. The Huygens probe is aboard the US spacecraft Cassini, which was launched on Oct. 15, 1997.
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The Huygens probe has been successfully sending data as it approaches the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter had its closest encounter with Saturn&#39;s smog-shrouded moon, Titan, on Tuesday, but scientists must wait to see their first glimpse of its icy surface.
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PASADENA, Calif.  - The world got its first look  at the surface of the Saturnian moon Titan on Friday when  pictures from the European space probe Huygens showed a  possibly rocky surface with "drainage channels" for liquids.
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The European Space Agency prepares to send its Huygens probe hurtling through the smoggy atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan. What the probe will find on the other side is anybody's guess. By Amit Asaravala.
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US space probe Cassini will near Titan, one of Saturn&#39;s moons, on October 26 to take pictures with the aid of radar, NASA said.
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Space scientists are sending a small package to Titan, one of the moons of Saturn. The package in question is a space probe called Huygens which is due to be separated from its mother ship, Cassini
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Scientists are taking extra care to ensure the landing of Cassiniâs Huygens probe on a moon in January. Scientists studying Saturn with the Cassini spacecraft have tweaked their planned route, an effort