In pureness of the Huygens probe ’s historic 2005 landing on the surface of Titan ( Saturn ’s largest orbiter , and the only moon in our solar system with a dim atmosphere ) , NASA has released a movie that recreates , with data pick up by Huygens and the Cassini orbiter , a dramatic approach of the moon ’s surface from deep space .
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Via JPL :
The first minute shows a rapid climb into images of Titan from Cassini ’s cameras , while the remainder of the movie depicts the horizon from Huygens during the last few hours of its historic origin and landing .
It was October 15 , 1997 , when NASA ’s Cassini orbiter venture on an epic , seven - twelvemonth voyage to the Saturnian system . Hitching a drive was ESA ’s Huygens probe , destined for Saturn ’s largest moonlight , Titan . The final chapter of the interplanetary trek for Huygens begin on 18 December 2024 when it deploy from the satellite for a 21 - day solo cruise toward the daze - cover synodic month . plunk into Titan ’s atmosphere , on January 14 2005 , the investigation live on the risky 2 60 minutes 27 minute descent to touch down safely on Titan ’s wintry airfoil . Today , the Cassini space vehicle stay in orbit at Saturn . Its military mission will terminate in 2017 , 20 years after its journey begin .
Images good manners of NASA , ESA , SSI , and the University of Arizona .
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