The joint ESA/NASA Huygens-Cassini mission, launched on October 15th 1997 from Canaveral using a Delta rocket, will carry the ESA probe towards Saturn's intriguing moon Titan. The probe has been 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 film provides a summary of the mission so far, showing how data received has reassured scientists that all of Huygens' instruments are functioning as planned.

00:02:00:00 A-roll
00:04:16:00 start of B-roll
00:04:23:00 Cassini/Huygens launch 15/10/97, Cape Canaveral USA
00:05:01:00 main operations room - European Flight Operations Centre [ESOC], Darmsdadt, Germany [23/10/97]
00:06:32:00 Huygens on board Cassini [ESA animation 1997]
00:06:48:00 Huygens released from Cassini [ESA animation 1997]
00:06:58:00 Huygens parachutes through Titan's atmosphere [ESA animation 1997]
00:07:23:00 Cassini's journey [ESA animation 1997]
00:08:04:00 interview David Dale, ESA director [ESOC/ESTEC 23/10/97]
00:08:26:00 interview (English) Marcello Fulchignoni, Huygens scientist [ESOC, Darmsdadt, Germany 23/10/97]
00:08:53:00 interview (French) Marcello Fulchignoni, Huygens scientist [ESOC, Darmsdadt, Germany 23/10/97]
00:09:26:00 interview (French) Gerard Huttin, Huygens project manager, Aerospatiale [ESOC, Darmsdadt, Germany 23/10/97]
00:10:40:00 end