Saturn
Huygens Descent Timeline
On Friday, January 14, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe will plunge through the atmosphere of Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan.…
Planned Descent Path for Huygens
Engineers at NASA and the European Space Agency have calculated Huygen's descent through Titan's atmosphere tomorrow, and they think they…
Iapetus Has a Seam
Scientists already considered Saturn's moon Iapetus unusual, because of its strange two-toned appearance; one hemisphere is dark, while the other…
Fresh Crater on Rhea
Cassini took this image of Rhea, one of Saturn's moons, which shows the bright rays from a relatively fresh crater…
Close Up Images of Iapetus
Cassini made a relatively close flyby of Iapetus on December 31, 2004, and took photographs which show Saturn's third-largest moon…
Cassini’s Route Past Iapetus
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its closest approach to Saturn's moon Iapetus on New Year's Eve, passing only 123,400 km…
Your Interview with Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton
A few weeks ago, I let you know that Dr. Jean-Pierre Lebreton, the Huygens Project Scientist and Mission Manager from…
Huygens is On Its Way
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from Cassini on December 25, and began its brief journey to Titan.…
Huygens Set to Detach Today
After a 7 year journey, and traveling more than 3.2 billion km (1.9 billion miles) with Cassini, Huygens is about…
Radio Telescopes Will Contribute to Huygens’ Mission
When Huygens makes its plunge into Titan's thick atmosphere on January 14, 2005, it'll be watched by a host of…