Cassini-Huygens Cassini-Huygens Cassini-Huygens is a joint NASA/ ESA/ ASI unmanned space mission intended to study Saturn and its moons. The spacecraft consists of two main elements: the Cassini orbiter, named after the Italian-French astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, and the Huygens probe, named after the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. It was launched on October 15, 1997 and entered Saturn's orbit on July 1, 2004. On December 25 2004 the probe separated from the orbiter at approximately 02:00 UTC, with deployment confirmed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The probe reached Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005, where it made an atmospheric descent to the surface and relayed scientific information. It is the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn and just the fourth spacecraft to visit Saturn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassini-Huygens"
(Cassini-Huygens abbreviations) *AACS: Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassini-Huygens abbreviations"
(Cassini-Huygens timeline) October 15 — Cassini launched at 08:43 UTC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cassini-Huygens timeline"
The Huygens probe, supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens, is an atmospheric entry probe carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission. The combined Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched from Earth on October 15, 1997. Huygens separated from the Cassini orbiter on December 25, 2004, and landed on Titan on January 14, 2005 near the Xanadu region. It touched down on land (the possibility that it would touch down in an ocean was also taken into account in the design). The probe continued to send data for about 90 minutes after reaching the surface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Huygens probe"
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