For thirteen years, from 2004 to 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission conducted a detailed survey of the Saturn system. It fundamentally altered our understanding of gas giants and their satellites and ...

Nearing the end of its seven-year, roundabout trip to Saturn, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has primed its engine and other systems for a swing past one of the planet's moons and the ultimate arrival ...

On the eighth anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, the teams involved can look back at a string of remarkable discoveries. The Cassini-Huygens mission is one of ...

On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Huygens was a European spacecraft that hitched a ride to the Saturn system with Cassini.

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It took almost 7 years for Cassini to reach Saturn. Another smaller spacecraft called Huygens ...

The Cassini-Huygens mission, a collaborative endeavor between NASA, ESA, and ASI, was an unprecedented project designed for sustained exploration of Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, following ...

A complete and in-depth site about the Cassini orbiter and Huygens probe. Updated daily, it includes an overview of NASA’s mission in launching Cassini, the construction of the actual orbiter, as well ...

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its launch from Cape Canaveral, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is once again at the center of scientific attention. Its latest discoveries about the ringed ...

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will experience its first close encounter when it flies past one of Saturn's outermost moons, Phoebe, on Friday. Cassini, a joint project managed by NASA and the ...

Re “A Ringside Seat Reveals Unexpected Phenomena,” July 2, and “Cassini Joins Rings and Moons of Saturn,” July 1: Here is news of one of humankind’s greatest achievements. After seven years and 2.2 ...

After an epic journey of seven years and 3.5 billion kilometres, the Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn orbit on 1 July 2004. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a $3 billion, 4-year tour of Saturn, its ...

For a spacecraft that had spent nearly seven years in flight and journeyed more than 2.2 billion miles to get where it was going, the Cassini-Huygens Saturn probe did a funny thing when it closed in ...