Huygens probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan, returns pictures
Friday, January 14, 2005
Huygens, the European built Titan exploration probe, ended its seven-year voyage today when it landed on the surface of the second largest moon in the solar system at 11:38 a.m. UTC. The probe, which the European Space Agency (ESA) began developing 17 years ago, has worked well with only minor system failures.
"This is a great achievement for Europe and its US partners...