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Huygens lands on Titan

Today, after its seven-year journey through the Solar System on board the Cassini spacecraft, ESAs Huygens probe has successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturns largest moon, and safely landed on its surface. The first scientific data arrived at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, this after
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Huygens ready for Titan

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Space news // 11 January, 2005 05:01:20
 10.51 Huygens turns transmitters on Although Huygens cannot contact Cassini during the first part of the descent, it turns on its transmitters in preparation. 11.13Huygens reaches 'interface altitude'

Space in 2004

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Space news // 04 January, 2005 12:01:27
 Rosetta

Mars rovers celebrate first anniversary

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Space news // 03 January, 2005 03:01:53
 NASA lit a birthday candle today for its twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. The Spirit rover begins its second year on Mars investigating puzzling rocks unlike any found earlier.

Huygens probe on route to Titan

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Space news // 24 December, 2004 03:12:29
 The European Space Agency's Huygens probe successfully detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter today to begin a three-week journey to Saturn's moon Titan.

To Mars and back in 90 days?

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Space news // 19 October, 2004 09:19:23
 A new means of propelling spacecraft being developed at the University of Washington could dramatically cut the time needed for astronauts to travel to and from Mars and could make humans a permanent fixture in space.

Huygens is closing in on Titan

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Space news // 14 October, 2004 01:03:59
 On Jan. 14, 2005, the Huygens probe will plow into the orange atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan, becoming the first spacecraft to attempt to land on a moon in our solar system since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 touched down on Earth's moon in 1976.

Genesis Sample Return Capsule Hits the Ground

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Space news // 07 September, 2004 09:51:18
 After a three-year mission to collect samples of the sun, the Genesis spacecraft crashed on its return to Earth. It is not yet known whether the scientific payload can be salvaged.

New discoveries at Saturn, Titan

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Space news // 05 August, 2004 12:14:58
 The Cassini spacecraft, which began its tour of the Saturn system just over a month ago, has detected lightning and a new radiation belt at Saturn, and a glow around the planet's largest moon, Titan.

Titan's Surface Revealed

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Space news // 04 July, 2004 01:51:22
 This stunning image from the Cassini spacecraft, currently orbiting Saturn, shows for the first time some of the surface features of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

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