The Cassini‐Huygens Mission is the first return to the Saturnian system since it was last visited in 1981. While Voyager provided our first detailed glimpse of the planet, Cassini goes far beyond with a suite of modern instrumentation covering large spectral and particle energy ranges and a 4‐year tour. The Huygens probe will provide our first in‐situ observations of a moon other than our own. This paper provides an overview of the mission’s science objectives along with the discoveries that have already created much excitement in the scientific and non‐scientific communities.


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    Title :

    The Cassini‐Huygens Mission: Its Science and Instruments


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INT.FORUM-STAIF 2005: Conf.Thermophys in Micrograv;Conf Comm/Civil Next Gen.Space Transp; 22nd Symp Space Nucl.Powr Propuls.;Conf.Human/Robotic Techn.Nat'l Vision Space Expl.; 3rd Symp Space Colon.; 2nd Symp.New Frontiers ; 2005 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 746 , 1 ; 240-248


    Publication date :

    2005-02-06


    Size :

    9 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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