Huygens was a European Space Agency robotic probe carried to Saturn largest moon, Titan, aboard NASA Cassini spacecraft, from which it separated and descended through Titan thick atmosphere to land on its surface on January 14, 2005. It was the first spacecraft to land in the outer solar system and the first to land on a moon other than Earth own, returning images and data showing a landscape shaped by liquid methane, including what appeared to be dry riverbeds and a floodplain. Huygens operated on Titan surface for about ninety minutes before its batteries were exhausted, though Cassini continued to relay its final transmissions for a short time afterward.
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Status (category)Mission Complete / Ended 1 Connections
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The Huygens probe was built and operated by the European Space Agency as ESA's contribution to the joint Cassini-Huygens mission.
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1. Huygens (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
It continued to send data for about 90 minutes after touchdownView the Source 2. Wikipedia - Huygens (spacecraft)
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Titan lander
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08:42, 15 October 1997 (UTC)
- In Group: Outer Solar System and Giant Planet Probes, Huygens ( HOY-g?nz) was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), and launched by N
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- Part Of: Cassini-Huygens Mission, Wikipedia: Cassini-Huygens, lead section
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