Explanation:

What would it look like to land on Saturn’s moon Titan? The European Space Agency’s Huygens probe set down on the Solar System’s cloudiest moon in 2005, and a time-lapse video of its descent images was created. Huygens separated from the robotic Cassini spacecraft soon after it achieved orbit around Saturn in late 2004 and began approaching Titan. For two hours after arriving, Huygens plummeted toward Titan’s surface, recording at first only the shrouded moon’s opaque atmosphere. The computerized truck-tire sized probe soon deployed a parachute to slow its decent, pierced the thick clouds, and began transmitting images of a strange surface far below never before seen in visible light. Landing in a dried sea and surviving for 90 minutes…

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Huygens: Titan Descent Movie
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130121.html

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Trajetória da Cassini-Huygens pelo Sistema Solar.
Partindo da Terra a 15 de outubro de 1997,
a Cassini chegou a Saturno no 1° de Julho de 2004

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A sonda Cassini-Huygens foi lançada do Centro Espacial Kennedy usando o foguete Titan IVB/Centaur.

A sonda era composta pelo orbitador Cassini e a sonda Huygens. A Cassini iria orbitar Saturno e as suas luas durante quatro anos, e a Huygens mergulharia na atmosfera de Titã e pousar na sua superfície.

Em 14 de Janeiro de 2005, a sonda de pouso Huygens entrou na atmosfera de Titã às 03:04 hs UTC e pousou na sua superfície duas ou mais horas depois.

Retirado de
Cassini-Huygens
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonda_Cassini-Huygens

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