Cassini–Huygens (/kəˈsiːni ˈhɔɪɡənz/ kə-SEE-nee HOY-gənz), commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA)...
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This article provides a timeline of the Cassini–Huygens mission (commonly called Cassini). Cassini was a collaboration between the United States' NASA...
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Christiaan Huygens, who discovered Titan in 1655. The combined Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched from Earth on 15 October 1997. Huygens separated...
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Saturn (section Cassini–Huygens spacecraft)
the Huygens probe on 25 December 2004. Huygens descended onto the surface of Titan on 14 January 2005. Starting in early 2005, scientists used Cassini to...
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ISBN 978-1-78521-111-9. Cassini-Huygens at ESA Cassini-Huygens main page Archived December 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at NASA Cassini Mission Homepage...
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1712 in Paris at the age of 87. Cassini observed and published surface markings on Mars (earlier seen by Christiaan Huygens but not published), determined...
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Carolyn Porco (section Cassini–Huygens)
Cassini-Huygens mission, an international mission that successfully placed a spacecraft in orbit around Saturn and deployed the atmospheric Huygens probe...
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Titan (moon) (category Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens)
articles) Cassini–Huygens Mission To Saturn and Titan. Multimedia Feature Titan Virtual Tour Video of Huygens’ descent from the ESA Cassini Imaging Central...
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surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was confirmed by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, as had been suspected since the 1980s. The large bodies...
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via the international Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. The story begins with the Cassini Saturn spacecraft releasing the Huygens Titan probe. The scene...
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Titan IV (section Cassini–Huygens launch)
launched Cassini–Huygens, a pair of probes sent to Saturn. It was the only use of a Titan IV for a non-Department of Defense launch. Huygens landed on...
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discussion of the RTGs used on the Cassini-Huygens mission. Nuclear Power in Space (PDF) Detailed report on Cassini RTG (PDF) Detailed lecture on RTG fuels...
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Iapetus (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
after Christiaan Huygens spotted Titan 16 years prior in 1655; and the sixth extraterrestrial moon to be discovered in human history. Cassini discovered Iapetus...
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Rhea (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
Before the Cassini–Huygens mission, it was assumed that Rhea had a rocky core. However, measurements taken during a close flyby by the Cassini orbiter in...
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2685 Masursky (section Cassini–Huygens flyby)
Masursky until the Cassini–Huygens space probe, en route to Jupiter and Saturn, flew past it on 23 January 2000. Because Cassini passed the asteroid...
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that New Horizons launched, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Cassini–Huygens also flew past Jupiter for a gravity assist on its mission to explore...
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anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong. 2004 – Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini–Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC. 2006 – The first operation...
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Voyager mission in 1981, and was later revisited by Cassini-Huygens in 2006. During the Cassini mission, the hexagon changed from a mostly blue color...
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from those on Earth. In June 2010, scientists analyzing data from the Cassini–Huygens mission reported anomalies in the atmosphere near the surface which...
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and European Space Agency employee, noted for detecting a flaw in Cassini-Huygens space mission. Smeds was born in Uppsala and received his Licentiate...
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Tethys (moon) (category Discoveries by Giovanni Domenico Cassini)
including Pioneer 11 (1979), Voyager 1 (1980) and Voyager 2 (1981), with Cassini-Huygens observing the moon the most, and in greatest detail, during its extensive...
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study the outer planets, like the Juno mission to Jupiter and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn. Concurrently, JPL also began to focus on Earth science...
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157V. ISBN 92-9092-997-9. "Cassini-Huygens". European Space Agency. Retrieved 13 April 2022. L, H (1907). "Christiaan Huygens, Traité: De iis quae liquido...
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background. The album artwork was inspired by photographs from the Cassini–Huygens space research mission to study the planet Saturn and its system. Particular...
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Exploration of Saturn (section Cassini orbiter)
which formed an extended foundation of knowledge about the system. The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft, launched in 1997, was in orbit from 2004 to 2017. A list...
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Rings of Saturn (redirect from Cassini Division)
casting of shadows on the rings. Christiaan Huygens began grinding lenses with his father Constantijn Huygens in 1655 and was able to observe Saturn with...
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an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph). NASA launches the Cassini–Huygens probe to Saturn. October 16 – The first color photograph appears on...
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2005. Christiaan Huygens (1659). "Systema Saturnium". The Hague: Adriani Vlacq. p. 47 – via Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Cassini, Giovanni D.; Découverte...
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