Probe of Saturnian moon will be launched tonight
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For about two dozen engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tonight&#39;s celebrations will hopefully include some high-fiving after the successful detachment
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PASADENA, Calif.  - The European-built space probe  Huygens entered the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan,  on Friday in the last lap of a historic voyage to unveil the  secrets of the moon's fog-shrouded surface.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR&#39;s Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about new images and data from the Cassini space probe that could unlock some of the mysteries surrounding Titan, Saturn&#39;s largest moon.
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A European space probe has landed on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, a space official said Friday, buoying hopes that the mission would produce data that could shed light on the origins of life on Earth.
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Five NASA probes aimed at unraveling mysteries surrounding Earth's colorful auroras are set to launch Friday evening after a 24-hour weather delay.
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NASA released one of the best pictures ever made of Saturn&#39;s moon Titan as the Cassini spacecraft begins a close-up inspection of the satellite today.
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A NASA space probe with ties to Tucson was hurtling toward a moon of the planet Saturn on Christmas Day. The machine has been traveling through space for seven years, and it&#39;s now in the home stretch of the mission.
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The US-built orbiter Cassini will release the European-made probe Huygens at precisely 0408 GMT on Christmas day, if all goes according to plan, to send it rocketing toward the surface of Titan -- the only moon in the solar system that has an atmosphere.
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News Item: NASA&#39;s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft to broadcast French rock &#39;n&#39; roll as it approaches Saturn&#39;s moon Titan.
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The European space agency is celebrating the successful launch of its probe to Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan. The Huygens probe was launched from the NASA spacecraft Cassini which was orbiting Saturn and is due to reach Titan in mid-January.
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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 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.
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The Huygens probe is on target and all set for its encounter with Titan, the mysterious large moon of Saturn. The 2.7m-wide robot lab has passed its final systems check-out and scientists
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A space probe headed for Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan, is nearing the end of its two billion mile journey, reports Nic Fleming.
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In the prelude to a plunge, NASA&#39;s Cassini will set Europe&#39;s Huygens probe free tonight. It&#39;s the start of a thrill ride that in three weeks will drop Huygens into the murky moon Titan.
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As earthlings prepare for Christmas celebrations this weekend, more than 2 billion kilometres 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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At the beginning of next year, the descent probe, Huygens, will try to sample what lies beneath the thick atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Huygens passed its last in-flight checks and scientists are preparing for the perilous, one-way trip towards the surface.