Cassini-Huygens was an unprecedented foray into the unknown. It was not our first close-up glimpse of Saturn — the Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, and Voyager 2 probes had zipped by the planet in 1979 ...

A complete and in-depth site about the Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe. Updated daily, it includes an overview of NASA’s mission in launching Cassini, the construction of the actual orbiter ...

Cassini’s mission was to investigate Saturn and its system, while Huygens’ was to explore Titan, the planet’s largest moon. The Huygens probe separated from Cassini in late December 2004.

The Cassini spacecraft spent 20 years exploring Saturn, ... What did Cassini-Huygens achieve before its Grand Finale. Posted: November 13, 2024 | Last updated: November 13, 2024.

Launched in 1997, Cassini carried a probe called Huygens, built by ESA, which was sent to Titan's surface, one of Saturn's moons, in 2005. It remains the most distant landing done by a spacecraft ...

The Cassini-Huygens mission is one of the largest and most advanced planetary exploration missions ever launched. It consists of two parts — the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe.

NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft may have dramatically ended its 20-year mission to explore Saturn's neighborhood seven years ago, when it plunged to into the gas giant, ...

Today the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft makes a fly-by of Saturn's largest moon Titan - the closest ever performed. At the time of the closest approach, which is scheduled for 18:44 CEST ...

NASA is giving 5th to 12th grade students the opportunity to study Saturn and make decisions, just as scientists on the Cassini-Huygens mission do on a daily basis.

The Cassini spacecraft successfully performed a critical six-minute trajectory correction maneuver May 27th to put it on course with its first encounter, Saturn's outermost moon Phoebe, set for ...