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The descent of the Huygens probe to the frozen surface of Saturns moon Titan in 2005 marks a pinnacle achievement in space exploration the most distant planetary landing ever made or presently foreseen The Huygens probes sevenyear voyage through space past Venus Earth and Jupiter attached to the Cassini orbiter its arrival at Saturn and threeweek dormant coast to Saturns moon Titan culminated in Huygens hypersonic entry into Titans atmosphere 25hour parachute descent and continued operation for 72 minutes on the surface transmitting date back to Earth via the Cassini orbiter Saturn has 62 confirmed orbiting moons but Titan which is larger than the planet Mercury was chosen as a has two major components of Earths atmosphere nitrogen and oxygen but the oxygen is was thought to be frozen as water ice within the body of the moon If Titan received more sunlight its atmosphere might well resemble that of a primitive Earth The hope is that study of the data gathered about Titan will help us to understand how the Earth evolved and possibly what led to the evolution of life. These include the attachment points for the front shield, the flat antennae of the radar altimeters and parts of scientific instruments such as the camera head and the booms of the Huygens Atmospheric Atmosphere. of . Titan. Jorge Hernández Arce. Física del Sistema Solar. Master. en Astrofísica UCM-UAM. Content. A . little. . history. Characteristics. of . the. . moon’s. . atmosphere. General . Life in the Outer Solar System. How does life begin?. The general idea for chemical evolution is:. Organic matter + Liquid water + Energy = Life…Maybe. When looking for life…. Follow the Water. This is Europa.  . Le . Gall. 1. , A., . V. Ciarletti. 1. , . M. Hamelin. 1. , R. Grard. 2.  . 1. Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Paris, France, . the. C . omposition. of. E . nceladus. via. Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, . Sam Robinson, Jake Rohrig, . & Tyler Van Fossen. University of Wisconsin - Madison. P . rimary. 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(2) analysis of atmospheric composition and to provide information on surface, whatever its phase: liquid or solid. The main scientific objectives are to: Determine the atmospheric density, pressure Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality the engineering and development required to build the spacecraft its 2.2-billion milejourney from Earth to the Ringed Planet and the amazing discoveriesfrom the mission.The author traces how the visions of a few brilliant scientists matured, gained popularity and eventually became a reality.Innovative technical leaps were necessary to assemble such a multifaceted spacecraft and reliably operate it while it orbited a planet so far from our own. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft design evolved from other deep space efforts, most notably the Galileo mission to Jupiter, enabling the voluminous, paradigm-shifting scientific data collected by the spacecraft.Some of these discoveries are absolute gems. A small satellite that scientists once thought of as a dead piece of rock turned out to contain a warm underground sea that could conceivably harbor life. And we now know that hiding under the mist of Saturn s largest moon, Titan, is a world with lakes, fluvial channels, and dunes hauntingly reminiscent of those on our own planet, except that on Titan, it s not water that fills those lakes but hydrocarbons. These and other breakthroughs illustrate why the Cassini-Huygens mission will be remembered as one of greatest voyages ofdiscovery ever made. Saturn is back in the news! The Cassini/Huygens spacecraft, a joint venture by NASA and the European Space Agency, is on its way to Saturn, where it will arrive in July 2004. During 2005 it will explore beneath the clouds of Titan, Saturn\'s largest moon and potential home for extraterrestrial life. Written by an established space historian and experienced author, Mission To Saturn - Cassini and the Huygens Probe is an up-to-date and timely review of our knowledge of Saturn and its enigmatic moon, Titan, on which the Huygens probe will land to search for prebiotic chemistry or even life. It explains how the mission was planned, how it will operate and, as the spacecraft nears its target, puts into context the discoveries that are sure to follow from this once-in-a-lifetime mission. Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality the engineering and development required to build the spacecraft its 2.2-billion milejourney from Earth to the Ringed Planet and the amazing discoveriesfrom the mission.The author traces how the visions of a few brilliant scientists matured, gained popularity and eventually became a reality.Innovative technical leaps were necessary to assemble such a multifaceted spacecraft and reliably operate it while it orbited a planet so far from our own. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft design evolved from other deep space efforts, most notably the Galileo mission to Jupiter, enabling the voluminous, paradigm-shifting scientific data collected by the spacecraft.Some of these discoveries are absolute gems. A small satellite that scientists once thought of as a dead piece of rock turned out to contain a warm underground sea that could conceivably harbor life. And we now know that hiding under the mist of Saturn s largest moon, Titan, is a world with lakes, fluvial channels, and dunes hauntingly reminiscent of those on our own planet, except that on Titan, it s not water that fills those lakes but hydrocarbons. These and other breakthroughs illustrate why the Cassini-Huygens mission will be remembered as one of greatest voyages ofdiscovery ever made. Enceladus. with blue imaged tiger stripes. This image was taken during Cassini's close flyby of . Enceladus. on July 14, 2005. . Blue Images are newest . crystaline. ice. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-083005.html.