The Cassin/Huygens Project is a joint undertaking between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency to conduct an in-depth exploration of the Saturnian system. The spacecraft consists of an orbiter vehicle and an atmospheric probe which has completed its mission in the atmosphere and on the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. The spacecraft was launched on October 15, 1997, has completed its nearly seven years of interplanetary flight, and by the time of the 56th IAC, it will have completed 17 of its planned 75 orbits during its four-year prime orbital mission. This paper gives an overview of the mission, and describes in detail the accomplishments and events over the past year, including the spectacularly successful descent of the .European Space Agency's Huygens probe to the surface of Titan. Initial scientific results from both the Huygens mission as well as from the first one-and-a-quarter years of orbiting Saturn are summarized. The plans for the remainder of the orbiter's tour of the Saturn system and the many flybys of Titan and the smaller icy satellites are described.


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    Title :

    Cassini / Huygens at Saturn and Titan


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    56th International Astronautical Congress ; 2005 ; Fukuoka, Japan


    Publication date :

    2005-10-17


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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