Flyby hints of Titan&#39;s terrain
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When the Cassini spacecraft&#39;s Huygens probe parachutes to the surface of the Saturn moon Titan on Jan. 14, it could splash into a lake, burrow into a powdery drift or slam onto rock-hard ice.
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The international Cassini spacecraft is providing evidence that Saturn's planet-size moon Titan is geologically alive and has active atmospheric processes that could be moving material, possibly even liquids, on its surface, scientists said Thursday.
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NASA scientists are poring over the latest pictures unveiling Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The images show distinct dark and bright surface areas.
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Scientists analysing data captured by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft as it swept past Saturn&#39;s moon Titan, have described a cold landscape carved by winds and perhaps puddled with organic lakes.
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The tallest mountains ever seen on Titan -- coated with layers of organic material and blanketed by clouds -- have been imaged on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
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The Cassini spacecraft will swoop near Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan today, revealing features on the surface in the best detail yet.
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NASA&#39;S Cassini space-probe has sent back some stunning images from its close encounter with Titan, one of the moon&#39;s of the giant ringed planet Saturn.
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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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Cassini&#39;s latest sweep past Saturn&#39;s moon Titan revealed more intriguing pictures of the surface but left many mysteries intact.
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Saturn&#39;s haze-shrouded moon Titan gets a second look today from the international Cassini Huygens spacecraft. Cassini&#39;s planned flyover altitude of 746 miles above the moon is the same as its October flyby.
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THE European space probe Huygens is headed for a historic up-close encounter with Titan, one of Saturn&#39;s moons and the only body in the solar system with an atmosphere resembling Earth&#39;s.
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This map of the surface of Saturn&#39;s moon Iapetus (1,436 kilometers, or 892 miles across), generated from images taken by NASA&#39;s Voyager spacecraft, illustrates the imaging coverage planned during Cassini&#39;s flyby on Dec. 31, 2004.
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A US-European spacecraft is preparing to explore the planet Saturn&#39;s huge moon, Titan. The &quot;Cassini-Huygens&quot; spacecraft that has orbited the ringed planet since July is to venture within 1,200 kilometers of the cloud-covered moon on 26 October.
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This image taken by cameras on the US-European spacecraft Cassini on Sunday Oct. 24, 2004, reveals Saturn&#39;s moon Titan&#39;s bright &quot;continent-sized&quot; terrain known as Xanadu.
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The study of Titan, Saturn&#39;s largest moon, will be one of the Cassini spacecraft&#39;s central goals. The probe will execute 45 close flybys during its four-year mission, with the first Tuesday morning.
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Description: We take a trip out to Saturn&#39;s moon Titan. The Cassini space probe paid a close call to the moon this week, and sent back some pictures of the mist-covered planet that have scientists puzzled.
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NASA scientists, looking at the first close-up images of Titan, were able to peer through the atmosphere of the Saturn moon enough to see a checkered landscape under surprisingly clear skies.