The Cassini mission is a joint effort between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. Cassini completed its initial four-year mission to explore the Saturn system in June 2008. Now, the spacecraft is working overtime on the Cassini Equinox Mission. Huygens, an instrument-laden probe provided by ESA, descended via parachute to Titan’s surface to sample the atmosphere and provide people their first view of its surface. > Read More
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