Huygens Probe Wakes, Begins Final Descent to Titan

Randy · 01-14-2005, 11:24 AM

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Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The European Space Agency's Huygens probe woke and entered the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, with six instruments examining the physical, chemical and electrical properties of the surroundings.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting the solar system's second-largest planet since June, released the wok- shaped probe on Dec. 24. A timer woke the probe early today, and the first signals were received just after 11:30 a.m. German time, ESA spokesman Franco Bonacina said in a phone interview from the agency's Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

Andylkl · 01-16-2005, 11:34 PM

It's awesome, it took 7 freakin' years to get there. I just hope it's worth it...

cvrk3 · 01-17-2005, 01:46 AM

it will be worth it!! you will have more info in another decade!1

Eric · 01-17-2005, 02:12 AM

I hope they find something significant there...I'm sure they will...even if they don't, the sheer fact that it actually reached Saturn is also a nice achievement.

01-16-2005, 11:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Andylkl Master Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Posts: 795 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	It's awesome, it took 7 freakin' years to get there. I just hope it's worth it... __________________ Please read the Google Community rules before posting! I have a strict zero-tolerance policy against spammers, and I won't hesitate to ban!

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cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	it will be worth it!! you will have more info in another decade!1

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Eric Google Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 2,395 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I hope they find something significant there...I'm sure they will...even if they don't, the sheer fact that it actually reached Saturn is also a nice achievement.

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