Cassini Caps off 2004 With Flyby of Icy Moon Iapetus
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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 photos sent back from the international Cassini spacecraft were taken during a flyby that took it within 745 miles of Titan. Scientists at NASA&#39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared themselves
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The Cassini spacecraft has returned the best-ever view of the icy Tethys, one of the moons of Saturn, depicting its battered 1060km-diameter surface in this photograph released by Nasa.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini spacecraft streaked by Saturn&#39;s smoggy moon Titan today, targeted to pass within just 750 miles of the planet-sized satellite to give scientists their first
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Cassini has photographed icy volcanic flows and a large lake of what could be methane on Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The observations suggest Titan is geologically active and, and its environment
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MOSCOW, Idaho - Seventeen years of work by a University of Idaho professor underwent a critical milestone Friday when a probe from a spacecraft studying Saturn began its descent to the surface of one of the planet&#39;s moons.
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Monash scientist Andrew Prentice ponders the probe that will land on the Saturnian moon Titan in January. Photo: Angela Wylie. NASA&#39;s mission to Saturn, Cassini, will pass a crucial milestone
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On December 25 the Cassini spacecraft will jettison Huygens, sending the probe on its merry way to Saturn's mysterious moon Titan.
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A wok-shaped science probe carrying a Colorado-built camera is on target for a Jan. 14 plunge to the surface of Saturn&#39;s enigmatic moon Titan after it successfully separated from the Cassini spacecraft Friday night.
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The Cassini spacecraft hurtled toward a Christmas Eve mission to release a probe that will plunge through the smoggy atmosphere of Saturn's mysterious moon Titan.
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LOS ANGELES -- The NASA spacecraft Cassini, which is carrying a European Space Agency probe, cut off communications with controllers on Monday as it prepared to peer beneath a veil of smog shrouding Saturn&#39;s moon, Titan.
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The Cassini flyby of Titan sent back the most detailed surface images, but the 1000 kilometer cloud formation near the south pole has scientists stumped.
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The first targeted flyby of Titan occurs on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 15:30 UTC (8:30 am Pacific time). Cassini&#39;s closest approach to Saturn&#39;s largest satellite is at an altitude of 1200 km (746 miles) above
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This radar image of the surface of Saturn&#39;s moon Titan was acquired on October 26, 2004, when the Cassini spacecraft flew approximately 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) above the surface and acquired radar data for the first time.
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Summary - (Oct 29, 2004) This image of Titan was taken when Cassini reached the closest point of its flyby on October 26. At this point, it was only 1,600 km (994 miles) above the surface of Titan.
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Summary - (Oct 25, 2004) NASA&#39;s Cassini spacecraft will make its first close approach tomorrow to Titan, Saturn&#39;s largest moon.
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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