UA scientist at the helm of mission to Saturn
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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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&quot;Everything is OK. Huygens is ready to go,&quot; said Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the probe&#39;s project scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA).
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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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After a seven-year journey through space, passing Venus and Jupiter, a joint European-US mission to Saturn will enter a new phase tomorrow when the spacecraft Cassini releases its Huygens
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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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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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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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U.S. scientists were thrilled by photos sent back from space of Saturn and its rings.  Finally, here are the views that we've waited years for, said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
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European spaceflight controllers are now making their final communications with the Huygens probe, soon to be deployed on the last leg of its journey to Titan.
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The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, a joint project of the US space administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency (ASI), has discovered two more small moons orbiting the planet Saturn, bringing the total to 33.
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PASADENA, CALIF. - A space probe has begun a 21-day freefall toward Saturn&#39;s largest moon in a mission that scientists hope will shed light on the development of life on Earth.
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The U.S. space agency is planning a mission to better understand a mysterious form of energy in the cosmos and an ambitious unmanned journey to the outer solar system, NASA officials said.
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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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NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter has had its closest encounter with Saturn&#39;s smog-shrouded moon, Titan, but scientists must wait to see their first glimpse of its icy surface.
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By ALICIA CHANG, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO  The chief scientist behind the twin Mars rovers said he supports a human presence on the moon but hopes the journey won't dead-end there.
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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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Cassini-Huygens entered orbit around Saturn on June 30th, culminating a seven-year, 2.2 billion-mile voyage. The craft comprises a US-built orbiter, Cassini, and a European-built probe, Huygens.