Ivan Seeking
Feb5-04, 12:40 AM
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The Cassini spacecraft is rapidly approaching Saturn. In July of this year, the huge spacecraft uses its engine to brake into orbit around the ringed world.
As part of that mission, the European Space Agency Huygens probe will float to the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in January 2005
From a remote outpost on the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory have been on Titan watch. Meanwhile, there is on-going work to blueprint future, on-the-spot exploration of the enigmatic moon. [continued]
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/titan_probes_040203.html
The Cassini spacecraft is rapidly approaching Saturn. In July of this year, the huge spacecraft uses its engine to brake into orbit around the ringed world.
As part of that mission, the European Space Agency Huygens probe will float to the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in January 2005
From a remote outpost on the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano, astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory have been on Titan watch. Meanwhile, there is on-going work to blueprint future, on-the-spot exploration of the enigmatic moon. [continued]
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/titan_probes_040203.html