News tagged with huygens probe
Ariane rocket to hoist Europe-Japan Mercury mission
An unmanned European-Japanese mission to Mercury will be launched by Ariane 5 rocket in July 2014 under a contract announced on Thursday by Arianespace.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Rock and Roll: Titan's Gem Tumbler
(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears flash flooding has paved streambeds in the Xanadu region of Saturn's moon Titan with thousands of sparkling crystal balls of ice, according to scientists with NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2010 |
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Cassini Saturnalia
Six years ago, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft began orbiting Saturn. Scientists are celebrating the data and detailed images the mission has provided of the planet, its famous ring, and its many moons.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2010 |
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NASA Extends Cassini's Tour of Saturn
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a $60 million per year extension for continued ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Land Ho! Huygens Plunged to Titan Surface 5 Years Ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Huygens probe parachuted down to the surface of Saturn's haze-shrouded moon Titan exactly five years ago on Jan. 14, 2005, providing data that scientists on NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2010 |
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