Cassini/Huygens
28 Jun 2010
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Cassini was a joint NASA-ESA-ASI mission. It orbited Saturn for 13 years, studying Saturn's atmosphere and moons. Cassini also carried a probe, Huygens, which landed on Titan, one of Saturn's moons.

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Illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its final entry into Saturn’s atmosphere.

​​​Cassini

Credit: NASA

​RAL Space Involvement

Technology​

Subject

Planetary Scien​ce​

Main Objectives

To determine temperatures, chemical composition, structure, and chemistry of Saturn, it's rings, moons, and their atmospheres

Launch Date

13/10/1997

Further Project Informat​ion

ES​A Cassini webpage


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