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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Saturn (section Cassini–Huygens spacecraft)
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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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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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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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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Titan (moon) (category Discoveries by Christiaan Huygens)
his advancements in telescope technology, Huygens, with the help of his elder brother Constantijn Huygens Jr., began building telescopes around 1650...
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Cassini retirement (redirect from Cassini-Huygens retirement)
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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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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Dragonfly (Titan space probe) (redirect from Titan Dragonfly (spacecraft))
April 2021. CAESAR (spacecraft) – Proposed sample-return mission to a comet, other New Frontiers 4 finalist. Huygens (spacecraft) – European reconnaissance...
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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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St Andrews Huygens and music theory Huygens–Fokker Foundation —on Huygens's 31 equal temperament and how it has been used Christiaan Huygens on the 25...
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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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detail by three other probes: the twin Voyager spacecraft, and the Saturn orbiting Cassini spacecraft. Out of these, Cassini investigated Enceladus in...
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Radioisotope heater unit (section Spacecraft use)
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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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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Reentry Demonstrator Diamant (rocket) Hermes spaceplane (not built) Huygens (spacecraft) Infrared Space Observatory INSAT-1C (satellite) INSAT-2DT (satellite)...
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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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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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war (the Iraqi Civil War of 2006-2008). March 9 – NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft announces a geyser-like emission of vapor, dust, and small ice crystals...
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destination elsewhere 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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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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Voyager 1 (redirect from Voyager I spacecraft)
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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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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Viking program. In early 2005 the Cassini–Huygens mission delivered a specialized GC-MS instrument aboard the Huygens probe through the atmosphere of Titan...
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Cassini–Huygens, mission to Saturn and Titan Huygens (spacecraft), the probe of the Cassini-Huygens mission which landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005...
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Gravity assist (category Spacecraft propulsion)
opportunity for significant scientific observations. Cassini The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was launched from Earth on 15 October 1997, followed by gravity assist...
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formed early in the Solar System's history, data from the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft suggests they formed relatively late. In the long term, the greatest...
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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...
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