Scheduled for launch in October 1997, NASA's Cassini mission will carry the ESA probe Huygens towards Saturn's intriguing moon Titan. This film gives an in-depth analysis of the mission, incorporating animations, cleanroom footage, Voyager images and interviews with various scientists. Footage of the parachute tests for the mission is included, as is a detailed account of the various instruments that will be carried on board.
Contributors as follows: Mike Bird, principal investigator DWE; Marcello Fulchignoni, principal investigator HASI; Hamid Hassan, project manager ESA; Guy Israel, principal investigator ACP; Jean-Pierre Lebreton, project scientist ESA; Jonathan Lunine, interdisciplinary scientist; Ellis Miner, Cassini science manager NASA/JPL; Hasso Niemann, principal investigator GCMS; Tobias Owen, interdisciplinary scientist; Francois Raulin, interdisciplinary scientist; Marty Tomasko, principal investigator DISR; John Zarnecki, principal investigator SSP.

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