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Highlights of ESA’s Huygens mission

30 November 2005

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This image is an artist's impression of the descent and landing sequence followed by ESA's Huygens probe that landed on Titan. The event was the culmination of a 22-year process of planning, organising and cooperation between ESA and NASA.

Credits: ESA - D. Ducros

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The Huygens landing site projected on to Titan's disc. The co-ordinates of the landing are: 192.3º West; 10.3º South (southern hemisphere of Titan).

The background image, adapted from the NASA JPL Photojournal image PIA06201, was taken by the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini orbiter's ISS imaging camera during the Titans fly-by of 26 October 2004.

Credits: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

At Saturn and Titan

Looking at Mars

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