White of knuckle, scientist wills Titan probe on
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When Martin Tomasko, a UA astronomer, started designing the instrument that will serve as the eyes of the Huygens probe, he first fashioned a weighted block of metal to be used in a practice flight.
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The prospect of the Huygens probe landing on a hard, soft or liquid surface when it lands on Titan next January still remain following further analysis of data taken during the Cassini mother ship&#39;s closest encounter with Saturn&#39;s largest moon during its
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It is an encounter that planetary scientists and space science enthusiasts have been waiting for as the Cassini-Huygens Probe darts into the upper atmosphere of the Saturn moon Titan on Tuesday afternoon October 26th.
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US space probe Cassini will near Titan, one of Saturn&#39;s moons, on October 26 to take pictures with the aid of radar, NASA said.
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Officials at NASA plan to celebrate Christmas Eve by releasing a probe from a spacecraft orbiting Saturn to study the planet&#39;s largest moon Titan.
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Scientists discuss their prefered targets for the next "flagship" mission to another world.
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Scientists identify in images the area of Saturn's moon Titan where the Huygens probe touched down.
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Astronomers plan to slam an armchair-sized &quot;impactor&quot; into comet Tempel 1 to see what&#39;s inside -- and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth.
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NASA has is to send a probe on a collision course with a comet&#39;s nucleus to find out more about the composition and history of the bodies.
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The Cassini spacecraft is set to reveal the closest views yet of Saturn&#39;s moon Titan, when it makes a close pass of the satellite on Tuesday.
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University of Arizona scientists who have devoted their careers to exploring Saturn are about to get their best look yet at Titan, the mysterious moon that will serve as a &quot;slingshot&quot; 44 times during the Cassini spacecraft&#39;s four-year mission.
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A European spacecraft has started a journey into the unknown as scientists prepare to land on Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan. The Huygens probe was expected to separate from its mothership, Cassini, at about
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The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft&#39;s flyby of Titan, the largest Saturnian moon, provided scientists Tuesday with ringside seats to view the solar system&#39;s
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WASHINGTON: The European-American Cassini-Huygens space probe has detected traces of ice flowing on the surface of Saturn&#39;s largest moon, Titan, suggesting the existence of an ice volcano, NASA said Tuesday.
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At the beginning of next year, the descent probe, Huygens, will try to sample what lies beneath the thick atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Huygens passed its last in-flight checks and scientists are preparing for the perilous, one-way trip towards the surface.
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NASA&#39;s Cassini orbiter has had its closest encounter with Saturn&#39;s smog-shrouded moon, Titan, but scientists must wait to see their first glimpse of its icy surface.
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DARMSTADT, Germany  - A European space probe Friday sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Titan, showing stunning black and white images of what appeared to be hilly terrain riddled with channels carved by some sort of liquid.