Titan Touchdown: 2005 Landing on Saturn's Mysterious Moon

Small patch of dirt showing through haze. Caption: TITAN'S DENSE HAZE BEGAN TO CLEAR ABOUT 45 MILES (70 KILOMETERS) ABOVE THE SURFACE

On January 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's “Huygens” probe made its descent to the surface of Saturn's hazy moon, Titan. Carried to Saturn by NASA's “Cassini” spacecraft, “Huygens” made the most distant landing ever on another world and the only landing on a body in the outer solar system.

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  • Titan Touchdown: 2005 Landing on Saturn's Mysterious Moon

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