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ESA to search for life, but not as we know it

19 September 2002

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Artist's impression of Huygens descending through Titan's atmosphere.

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Cassini/Huygens is a ESA/NASA mission to the Saturnian System. The spacecraft consists of the NASA Saturn Orbiter and the detachable ESA Huygens Probe designed to explore the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn largest moon.

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Credits: ESA 2002. Illustration by Medialab