NASA and ESA celebrate 10 years since Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
Ten years ago, an explorer from Earth parachuted into the haze of an alien moon toward an uncertain fate. After a gentle descent lasting more than two hours, it landed with a thud on a frigid floodplain, surrounded by icy cobblestones. With this feat, the Huygens probe accomplished humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system. Huygens was safely on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.