Cassini to Release Titan Probe Fri.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - As many earthlings prepare for Christmas celebrations this weekend, more than two billion kilometres (one billion miles) away a small space probe will begin the final stage of a long journey aimed at a touchdown on one of Saturn&#39;s moons.
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The spacecraft passed within 746 miles of Titan&#39;s surface and should send back pictures 100 times sharper than past views. Those images are to be released beginning today.
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The Cassini mission is set to reveal the first close view of Saturn&#39;s giant moon Titan. At 1744 BST on Tuesday, the spacecraft will skim within 1200 kilometres of the moon - close enough for radar to penetrate
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The countdown is underway for the next flyby of the Saturian moon Titan for Monday, December 13, 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft expected to yield more detailed imaging
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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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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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Today the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft makes a fly-by of Saturn&#39;s largest moon Titan - the closest ever performed. At the time of the closest approach, which is scheduled for 18:44 CEST, the spacecraft
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The Huygens spacecraft is about to begin the final leg of its journey to Saturn&#39;s enigmatic moon Titan. The US-European probe will separate from its &quot;mothership&quot; Cassini on 25 December and coast
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The Huygens spacecraft is ready to make history as it heads for its rendezvous with Saturn's moon Titan.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini spacecraft is set to cap off 2004 with an encounter of Saturn&#39;s ying-yang moon Iapetus (eye-APP-eh-tuss) on New Year&#39;s Eve.
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The first landing by a manmade space probe on the moon of another planet is set to happen. Europe&#39;s &quot;Huygens&quot; probe has separated successfully from its US-built mother ship &quot;Cassini&quot; and is cruising toward Titan, Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon.
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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 December 24 th , 2004, at 7:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, the Cassini spacecraft will release a probe that has hitched a ride all the way from Earth out to Saturn.
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The Huygens probe will be woken up from its slumber four hours before its January descent into the smoggy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan.
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The Huygens probe is on target and all set for its encounter with Titan, the mysterious large moon of Saturn.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 25 -- More than 750 million miles from Earth, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe was released from NASA's Cassini orbiter Christmas Eve and placed on a collision course with Titan, one of Saturn's many moons.
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The Cassini spacecraft is set to buzz through the upper atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan on Tuesday, using high-tech cameras to peek at its mysterious surface.