The worldÕs largest ever interplanetary spacecraft is nearing its final destination. Cassini-Huygens, a joint European/American mission has spent almost seven years heading towards the planet Saturn.
Now reaching Saturn farest moon, Phoebe, Cassini-Huygens is on the verge to perform Saturn orbit insertion followed around Christmas by the release of the Huygens probe design to take in situ mesures of the Titan atmosphere.
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-Mission graphics
The worldÕs largest ever interplanetary spacecraft is nearing its final destination. Cassini-Huygens, a joint European/American mission has spent almost seven years heading towards the planet Saturn.
-Pictures of Saturn and Titan
With its strange rings and complex system of moons, Saturn remains a mystery to scientists. Since the 1970s, spacecraft such as Voyager have sent back images of this planet. It has revealed itself as a giant ball of gas with at least 30 moons. But alongside these spectacular pictures lie many unanswered questions.
SOT Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Huygens ESA Project Scientist:
Saturn is one of the most complex systemsÉit has the planet, the rings, the moons, and all of this is embedded into a huge magnetic field and really studying Saturn is like studying the solar system.
-GVS cleanroom footage spacecraft construction
Named after two 17th century astronomers, Cassini-Huygens is a truly international mission. Designing