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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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    satellites. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest...
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    not until Huygens used greater telescopic magnification that this notion was refuted, and the rings were truly seen for the first time. Huygens also discovered...
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    an extended foundation of knowledge about the system. The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft, launched in 1997, was in orbit from 2004 to 2017. A list of previous...
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  • Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan Huygens (spacecraft), the probe of above mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005 2801 Huygens, an...
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    Titan (moon) (category Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens)
    was discovered on March 25, 1655, by the Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Huygens was inspired by Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's four largest moons...
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    satellites. The Flagship-class uncrewed robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini probe, and ESA's Huygens lander which was designed to land on Saturn's...
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    April 2021. CAESAR (spacecraft) – Proposed sample-return mission to a comet, other New Frontiers 4 finalist. Huygens (spacecraft) – European reconnaissance...
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  • Huygens is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hugo". Huygens may also refer to: Huygens (spacecraft), the probe which landed on Saturn's moon...
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    Cassini–Huygens spacecraft sent to Saturn contained eighty-two of these units (in addition to three main RTGs for power generation). The associated Huygens probe...
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    14, 2019. Ralph Lorenz (2018). NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens: 1997 onwards (Cassini orbiter, Huygens probe and future exploration concepts) (Owners' Workshop...
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    Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy from human input;...
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    "Christiaan Huygens", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews Huygens and music theory Huygens–Fokker Foundation —on Huygens's 31 equal...
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  • indicated in grey Four spacecraft have visited Saturn; Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 made flybys, while Cassini–Huygens entered orbit, and deployed...
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    height of about 85 cm by the Huygens spacecraft Dunes on Titan's surface in a radar image taken by the Cassini spacecraft of a region approximately 160...
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  • data acquisition station, in spacecraft operations Cosmic dust analyzer, an instrument on the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft Cantor's diagonal argument, a...
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    observed near the northern pole of Jupiter in 2000 with the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft. There is also a feature in the atmosphere of Neptune called the Great...
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    Mariner Mark II (category Cancelled spacecraft)
    Mariner Mark II was NASA's planned family of uncrewed spacecraft for the exploration of the outer Solar System that were to be developed and operated by...
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    part of the Voyager program and like its sister craft Voyager 2, the spacecraft's extended mission is to locate and study the regions and boundaries of...
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    space agencies and subsequent spacecraft have ceased operations through various methods. In 2017, the Cassini–Huygens probe concluded its 19-year exploration...
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    g. the Hubble Space Telescope) or space probes (e.g. Cassini-Huygens). Some spacecraft, with rovers (e.g. the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity) being...
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  • feature observed near Jupiter's north pole in 2000 by the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft that was a short-lived dark cloud that grew to the size of the Great...
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    with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1. January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. January 20 George W. Bush...
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    entered 1978) Huygens spacecraft (carried by Cassini orbiter to Saturn's moon Titan) Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe (concept for similar spacecraft entry probe...
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  • with the purpose of studying the comet Tempel 1. January 14 – The Huygens spacecraft lands on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. January 20: The most intense...
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    Rings of Saturn (redirect from Huygens Gap)
    back by Voyager 2, the Huygens Gap is located at the inner edge of the Cassini Division. It contains the dense, eccentric Huygens Ringlet in the middle...
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    Reentry Demonstrator Diamant (rocket) Hermes spaceplane (not built) Huygens (spacecraft) Infrared Space Observatory INSAT-1C (satellite) INSAT-2DT (satellite)...
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    moon, Titan. Photographs and spectroscopic analysis by the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft show liquid ethane on the surface, which is thought to be mixed with...
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    observed and published surface markings on Mars (earlier seen by Christiaan Huygens but not published), determined the rotation periods of Mars and Jupiter...
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  • have been photographed erupting by NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft. Reports from NASA's Cassini–Huygens mission indicate that Saturn's moon Titan probably...
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