PLACEHOLDER 17:30 Press Release SUCCESS Europe reaches new frontier - Huygens descends on Titan
Today, after its seven-year journey through the Solar System on board the Cassini spacecraft, ESA’s Huygens probe has successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The first scientific data arrived at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, this afternoon at ??? CET (TO BE COMPLETED). Huygens is mankind’s first successful attempt to deliver a probe to another world so far away in the Solar System. This is a great achievement for Europe and its US partners in this ambitious international endeavour to explore Saturn.
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