Cassini - Huygens Sept. '97

Scheduled for launch in October 1997, NASA's Cassini mission will carry the ESA probe Huygens towards Saturn's intriguing moon Titan. The probe is being developed to parachute through the atmosphere of Titan and analyse pressure, temperature and chemical constituency. The probe will also send back information on the type of surface it finally encounters. This index gives an overview of the mission.

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10:00:00:00 Index Caption
10:00:07:00 Voyager-2 Saturn [NASA]
10:00:21:00 Aerospatiale Cannes, France [ESA]
10:00:32:00 Huygens in cleanroom, Dornier, Munich [ESA]
10:00:40:00 record of Christiaan Huygens' observations
10:00:49:00 Voyager 1 at Saturn [NASA animation]
10:01:09:00 Cassini releases Huygens [ESA animation]
10:01:21:00 Huygens in heat shield entering atmosphere and deploying satellites in sequence [ESA animation]
10:01:32:00 Huygens parachutes being blown by wind [ESA animation]
10:01:37:00 Cassini receives signals from Huygens [ESA animation]
10:01:46:00 Huygens descending in foggy surroundings [ESA animation]
10:02:02:00 Impression of complex molecules [ESA animation]
10:02:13:00 Huygens on parachute in clouds [ESA animation]
10:02:29:00 Huygens on parachute, lightning with thunder [ESA animation]
10:08:38:00 Huygens on parachute approaching dry ground and landing [ESA animation]
10:02:46:00 Impression of Titan with methane geysers [ESA animation]
10:03:01:00 Huygens on pa