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Cruising around Saturn, its moons and the magnificent rings

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  1. Jan 14

    Those rocks on Titan, thought to be water ice, were tumbled in rivers of liquid ethane and methane.

    Notice how the stones are smooth and rounded - it means a liquid flowed freely over them for a significant period of time!
    2 replies . 64 retweets 181 likes
  2. Jan 14

    Huygens entered Titan’s atmosphere 1,270km/789 miles above the surface. The trip down would take about 2:28 hours.

    8 replies . 212 retweets 509 likes
  3. Jan 14

    Correction! Huygens entered Titan’s atmosphere 1,270km/789 miles above the surface. The trip down would take about 2:28 hours.

    5 replies . 21 retweets 111 likes
  4. Jan 14

    Thank you!

    Amazing scientific accomplishment. Well done and . I hope I live to see another landing on Titan
    1 reply . 19 retweets 118 likes
  5. Jan 14

    ⚡️ “OTD 12 Years Ago: An Epic Descent as Huygens Landed on Titan”

    9 replies . 177 retweets 459 likes
  6. Jan 14

    Our mission continues-here's where we are now. There's much to come before and during our . Stay tuned!

    3 replies . 66 retweets 128 likes
  7. Jan 14

    Scientists are still mining Huygens' data, but check out ’s highlights -lakebeds to winds to ice volcanoes!

    1 reply . 45 retweets 87 likes
  8. Jan 14

    Huygens’ mission ended after ~72 mins on the surface when dipped below the horizon, cutting the link to NASA’s Deep Space Network.

    4 replies . 30 retweets 63 likes
  9. Jan 14

    These Titan images were taken at four different altitudes as Huygens landed.

    5 replies . 147 retweets 273 likes
  10. Jan 14

    The shadow of Huygens’ parachute drifts by shortly after landing on Titan OTD 12 years ago.

    2 replies . 89 retweets 207 likes
  11. Jan 14

    Huygens landed with a thud on a frigid floodplain, surrounded by icy cobblestones.

    6 replies . 118 retweets 195 likes
  12. Jan 14

    Huygens’ data collection began at 155km/96 miles above Titan’s surface. This image is from 33,000 feet above the moon.

    7 replies . 137 retweets 280 likes
  13. Jan 14

    Huygens entered Titan’s atmosphere 1,270km/168 miles above the surface. The trip down would take about 2:28 hours.

    9 replies . 132 retweets 313 likes
  14. Jan 14

    After release from , Huygens' journey to Saturn's moon Titan took 20 days. It remains the most distant landing in our solar system.

    1 reply . 66 retweets 154 likes
  15. Jan 14

    OTD in 2005, landed on Titan. In this video, sound represents its motion, signal and instruments during descent.

    Musical Descent to Titan
    Time-lapse video assembled from Huygens images. A member of the instrument team added sounds that represent the probe’s motion, transmission strength and its dual imaging instruments at work.
    22 replies . 581 retweets 903 likes
  16. Jan 14

    Attached to for 7yr voyage to Saturn, made solo 3wk cruise to Titan. 2002 artist view:

    3 replies . 66 retweets 149 likes
  17. Jan 14

    Follow along on as we look back OTD 12 years ago when 's probe and companion landed on Titan.

    in 2005 's probe landed on Saturn’s moon Titan, the first successful attempt to land on a world in the outer Solar System
    3 replies . 68 retweets 159 likes
  18. Jan 13

    Thanks for the signal boost, ! Deep-space radio dishes on two continents, listening to our spacecraft:

    3 replies . 90 retweets 298 likes
  19. Jan 11

    A major milestone in solar system exploration: the 2005 descent of 's Huygens probe to Saturn's moon Titan

    Huygens' 2005 Descent to Titan Revisited
    14 replies . 275 retweets 558 likes
  20. Jan 9

    Two-faced moon of - image of the week

    5 replies . 106 retweets 265 likes

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