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The day of descent
 
4 November 2004

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ESA's Huygens experiences heating, created by friction as the probe’s heatshield hurtles through the denser parts of the moon’s atmosphere and the spacecraft shoots across Titan’s sky like a giant meteor.

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Huygens probe descending through Titan's atmosphere
Huygens probe descending through Titan's atmosphere
 
 
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