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    The Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe is a mission concept study for a robotic spacecraft to deliver a single probe into Saturn to study its atmosphere. The...
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    Saturn that included the Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe, and possible investigations into the habitability and possible discovery of life on Saturn's...
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    SPRITE (spacecraft) (category Proposed NASA space probes)
    design for an atmospheric entry probe that would travel to Saturn from Earth on its own cruise stage, then enter the atmosphere of Saturn, and descend...
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    (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites...
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  • Study Titan Saturn System Mission Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe Trade Study Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe Mission Concept Study Saturn Ring Observer...
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  • Kronos (spacecraft) (category Orbiters (space probe))
    arrive at Saturn. The cruise time depends on chosen trajectory and is from 6 to 17 years. In the vicinity of Saturn two atmospheric probes are to be released...
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    Titan (moon) (redirect from Saturn VI)
    Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have an atmosphere denser than the Earth's...
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    functional. For bodies with atmospheres, the landing occurs after atmospheric entry. In these cases, landers may employ parachutes to slow them down enough...
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  • Decade 2013–2022 Io Volcano Observer Lunar Geophysical Network Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe Trojan Tour and Rendezvous From Origins, Worlds, and Life: A...
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    Huygens (/ˈhɔɪɡənz/ HOY-gənz) was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated...
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    Penetrator: Part of a probe that impacts an astronomical body Atmospheric probe or balloon: Part of a probe that descend through or floats in the atmosphere of...
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    Uranus Orbiter and Probe is an orbiter mission concept to study Uranus and its moons. The orbiter would also deploy an atmospheric probe to characterize...
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    The exploration of Saturn has been solely performed by crewless probes. Three missions were flybys, which formed an extended foundation of knowledge about...
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    on Saturn's Moon Titan". Saturn Today. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012. New Images from the Huygens Probe: Shorelines...
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    Cassini probe, and ESA's Huygens lander which was designed to land on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and...
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    Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) was a joint NASA–ESA proposal for an exploration of Saturn and its moons Titan and Enceladus, where many complex phenomena...
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  • All missions listed here are impacts on Jupiter. Saturn is a gas giant with a very large atmospheric pressure and internal temperature and thus there...
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    Neptune to facilitate simultaneous study of Triton and would launch an atmospheric probe to characterize Neptune's atmosphere. The concept is being developed...
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    spacecraft have visited Saturn; Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 made flybys, while Cassini–Huygens entered orbit, and deployed a probe into the atmosphere...
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    AVIATR (category Proposed space probes)
    Reconnaissance) was a proposed airplane mission concept to Titan, a moon of Saturn. The concept was developed in 2011 by a team of scientists led by Jason...
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    in the depth where water may be liquid the atmospheric pressure is too high. Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, has some of the conditions for life, including...
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    probes from Mariner 10 onward, including the two Voyager probes' notable flybys of Jupiter and Saturn. A gravity assist around a planet changes a spacecraft's...
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    Voyager 2 (category NASA space probes)
    Mariner Jupiter-Saturn probes. To keep apparent lifetime program costs low, the mission would include only flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, but keep the Grand...
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    cloud tops. This was the probe's first solo planetary flyby, since Voyager 1 ended its tour of the outer planets at Saturn's moon Titan. Uranus is the...
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    Venus. The Soviet Union followed by the United States have soft landed probes on the surface. Venera 7 was the first lander overall and first for the...
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    Galilei, the Galileo spacecraft consisted of an orbiter and an atmospheric entry probe. It was delivered into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989, by Space...
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    Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 probe. Launched in 1957, Sputnik 1 completed its mission when it naturally deorbited due to atmospheric drag after approximately...
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    mission studying the planet Saturn and its many natural satellites. It included a Saturn orbiter and an atmospheric probe/lander for the moon Titan, although...
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    control system (RCS) engines to control its attitude and steer its atmospheric entry path. Parachutes were carried to slow its descent to splashdown. The...
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    planets such as Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are too distant to reach with current crewed spaceflight technology, so telerobotic probes are the only way...
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