Cassini-Huygens: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	October 15, 1997 - September 15, 2017
Participants	Cassini • Huygens
Context	Gian Domenico Cassini • Christiaan Huygens

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Cassini-Huygens spacecraft

Jupiter as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 7, 2000.

View from the Huygens probe of Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005.

Geysers of ice towering over the south polar region of Enceladus in an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Enceladus is backlit by the Sun.

Saturn: Iapetus

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Saturn: Daphnis

Learn about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn with an atmosphere of its own

Witness Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with an actual sound of ring particles striking Cassini

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronomy space exploration space probe European Space Agency