300px|Huygens probe descent to Titan. (illustration by NASA) The Huygens Probe will enter the atmosphere of Saturn 's largest moon, Titan , on January 14 at approximately 9 a.m. UTC . NASA launched Cassini-Huygens, the largest interplanetary space craft ever built, on October 15, 1997. The craft arrived at Saturn orbit in July of 2004. It is the fourth craft to visit Saturn and the first to orbit the planet. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a joint project of NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). The probe was named after Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens , who discovered Titan in 1655. The Cassini orbiter was named for Jean-Dominique Cassini , who discovered other moons of Saturn and the gap between Saturn's rings known as the Cassini Division . References External linksCassini-Huygens at our sister project, Wikipedia Cassini Mission Homepage by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ESA Huygens Homepage ESA - Where is Cassini-Huygens now? Interactive Flash-Animation of Cassini orbits through 2008%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Category:Science and technology Category:NASA Category:Spa
The Probe will enter the atmosphere of 's largest moon, , on January 14 at approximately 9 a.m. . launched Cassini-Huygens, the largest interplanetary space craft ever built, on October 15, 1997. The craft arrived at Saturn orbit in July of 2004. It is the fourth craft to visit Saturn and the first to orbit the planet. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a joint project of NASA and the (ESA). The probe was named after Dutch astronomer , who discovered Titan in 1655. The Cassini orbiter was named for , who discovered other moons of Saturn and the gap between Saturn's rings known as the . %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Sister links
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