Are there photos of Titans surface?
These images were taken from an altitude of about 8 kilometres with a resolution of about 20 metres per pixel. Composite of Titan’s surface seen during descent. It shows a full 360-degree view around Huygens.
What Huygens saw on Titan?
The Huygens probe descended into the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, in 2005. It provided a detailed study of Titan’s atmosphere during its 2.5-hour descent to the surface. It relayed data and images from Titan’s muddy surface for another hour and 10 minutes.
Can Europa support life?
The type of life that might inhabit Europa likely would not be powered by photosynthesis – but by chemical reactions. Europa’s surface is blasted by radiation from Jupiter. That’s a bad thing for life on the surface – it couldn’t survive. But the radiation may create fuel for life in an ocean below the surface.
What is the Cassini-Huygens mission?
Cassini-Huygens reveals new details about the potential for life on moons around giant planets. The Cassini-Huygens Saturn Orbiter and Titan Probe was launched in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004. The mission completed operations on September 15, 2017. At Saturn, Cassini released the Huygens probe toward the planet’s gas-shrouded moon Titan.
Where did Huygens land on Titan?
At Saturn, Cassini released the Huygens probe toward the planet’s gas-shrouded moon Titan. Huygens touched down on the moon on January 14, 2005, and became the first robotic explorer to land on an outer solar system body.
When did the Huygens mission to Saturn end?
The mission completed operations on September 15, 2017. At Saturn, Cassini released the Huygens probe toward the planet’s gas-shrouded moon Titan. Huygens touched down on the moon on January 14, 2005, and became the first robotic explorer to land on an outer solar system body.
What did Cassini-Huygens find on Titan?
The mission also provided evidence that Titan is hiding an internal, liquid ocean beneath its surface, likely composed of water and ammonia. Before Cassini-Huygens began its focused study of Saturn’s largest moon, we knew Titan as a hazy orange ball about the size of Mercury.