Our dishes to help track Titan descent
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FIVE Australian radio telescopes, including The Dish at Parkes, will play a crucial role in pinpointing the position of the Huygens space probe when it makes its historic descent into the clouds of Saturn&#39;s biggest moon next month.
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The Huygens probe appears to be on the right course after being unleashed on its journey to Saturn&#39;s largest moon Titan, says the US space agency (Nasa).
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Microwave brightness of Titan reveals surface properties such as temperature composition and roughness. Image Credit: NASA/JPL. Looking at radar reflections of Titan, scientists are puzzled by what they see
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Scientists are set to release new details of data sent back by the Huygens probe from Saturn's moon Titan.
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A radar image of the surface of Saturn&#39;s moon Titan, taken Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, by the spacecraft Cassini, is seen in this photo courtesy of NASA.
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The probe named Huygens is scheduled to hit Titan&#39;s atmosphere before or on 14 Jan. to determine whether the Moon&#39;s surface has lakes or seas of liquid methane and ethane or not.
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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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GET AN EXTRA STURDY UMBRELLA: Scientists studying data from a European space probe say Titan, Saturn's largest moon, apparently is lashed regularly by rain made of liquid methane that erodes the surface.
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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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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 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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The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Wednesday, November 3. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.
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PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 24 -- The Cassini spacecraft hurtled toward a Christmas Eve mission to release a probe that will plunge through the smoggy atmosphere of Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan.
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The Cassini probe got the first close-up photos of Saturn&#39;s murky moon Titan on Tuesday and began sending them back to Earth. This image is one of the closest ever taken of Saturn&#39;s hazy moon Titan.
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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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The European-designed Huygens spacecraft has begun its 20-day descent to Saturn&#39;s satellite Titan with the aim of penetrating its thick atmosphere and unraveling the mysteries below.
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Scientists identify in images the area of Saturn's moon Titan where the Huygens probe touched down.