N° 28–2004: Cassini/Huygens approaching Saturn and Titan
26 May 2004
Launched in October 1997, the ESA/NASA Cassini-Huygens mission* is currently heading for Saturn. While ESA’s Huygens probe will be the first ever to land on the surface of a moon in the outer Solar System, NASA’s Cassini orbiter will continue to explore Saturn and its rings.
After an almost seven-year journey and four gravity-assist swing-by manoeuvres the spacecraft will be inserted into its orbit around Saturn on 30 June (Pacific Daylight Time, 1 July CET) and reach its closest approach to Saturn. The Huygens probe will be detached from its mother ship on 25 December and land on Titan in January next year.
On 3 June a press conference will take place at NASA Headquarters, Washington, with ESA participation, to present the mission and outline milestones and upcoming media activities.
Media representatives can follow this press conference from ESA/ESOC, where several project representatives will be present, together with David Southwood, ESA Director of Science, or from one of the other ESA establishments. They are requested to complete the attached reply form and fax it to the Communication office at the establishment of their choice.
The ESA TV service will also broadcast the press conference via Eutelsat W1. Further information concerning the retransmission schedule can be found on http://television.esa.int.
* The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperation between NASA, the European Space Agency and ASI, the Italian space agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, is managing the mission for NASA’s Office of Space Science, Washington.
For further information:
Franco Bonacina
ESA Media Relations Division
Tel:+33.(0)1.5369.7155
Fax:+33.(0)1.5369.7690
Don Savage
NASA Public Affairs, Office of Space Science
Tel:+1.202.358.1727
Fax:+1.202.358.3093
ESA website: http://saturn.esa.int
NASA website: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov
Cassini/Huygens press conference
At ESA/ESOC
3 June 2004
PROGRAMME
15:30 Doors open/registration
15:45 Start of broadcast programme
15:50 Statement by David Southwood, ESA Director of Science, live from ESOC
16:00 Retransmission of the press conference from NASA Headquarters, Washington
Participants:
Ed Weiler, Director of NASA’s Science Programme
Robert Mitchell, NASA’s Cassini Programme Manager
Jean-Pierre Lebreton, ESA’s Project Scientist and Mission Manager
16:50 Questions and answers
17 :00 End of press conference
CASSINI/HUYGENS PRESS CONFERENCE
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I will be attending the Cassini/Huygens press conference at the following site:
[ ]Germany:
Location: ESA/ESOC
Address: Robert-Bosch Strasse 5, Darmstadt, Germany
Opening hours: 15:30–17:30
Contact: Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin
Tel: +49(0)6151.90.26.96
Fax: +49(0)6151.90.29.61
[ ]Italy
Location: Ada Byron Room - ESA/ESRIN
Address: Via G. Galilei, Frascati (Rome), Italy
Opening hours: 15:30-17:00
Contact: Franca Morgia
Tel:+39.06.9418.0951 - Fax:+39.06.9418.0952
[ ] France
Location: ESA HQ
Address: 8-10 Rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris
Opening hours: 15:30-17:00
Tel:+33.(0)1.53.69.71.55
Fax:+33.(0)1.53.69.76.90
Please complete the form and fax it to the site of your choice
For further information:
ESA Media Relations Division
Tel: +33.(0)1.5369.7155
Fax: +33.(0)1.5369.7690