On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Huygens was a European spacecraft that hitched a ride to the Saturn system with Cassini.

When the Huygens probe dropped into Titan's atmosphere on Jan. 14, 2005, no one knew what to expect. For landings on Mars or the Moon, mission scientists plotted out landing sites with meticulous care ...

For in depth coverage of Huygens at Titan and the Cassini mission, including the first sounds from an alien moon, visit The Planetary Society’s website at http ...

NASA’s Cassini has begun to relay data received from the ESA Huygens lander as it descended through Titan’s atmosphere. They will be posted here as they become available. This is one of the first raw ...

University of Arizona scientists, working on one of the most stunning robotic space missions ever attempted, head for Germany next week. Their experiments ride on the Huygens probe to Saturn’s giant ...

On Friday, the Cassini spacecraft’s Huygens probe is scheduled to descend into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Data from Huygens may offer clues about how life began on earth. Larry ...

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The European Space Agency recalls the historic landing on the Saturn moon and the mission that made it possible. Credit: ESA ...

(a) Schematic of original Huygens’s clock. (b) Structure of MEMS Huygens clock system. (c) Operating mode of MEMS resonator. (d) Image of microfabricated MEMS resonator. PLL: phase locked loop; TIA: ...

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