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Europe reaches new frontier – Huygens lands on Titan

14 January 2005

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Today, after its seven-year journey through the Solar System on board the Cassini spacecraft, ESA’s Huygens probe has successfully descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

Credits: ESA / D. Ducros

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