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Witness Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with an actual sound of ring particles striking Cassini
Jupiter as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 7, 2000. Saturn View from the Huygens probe of Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005. Geysers of ice towering over the south polar region of Enceladus in an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Enceladus is backlit by the Sun. Saturn: Iapetus Saturn: Phoebe Saturn: Rhea
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Date October 15, 1997 - September 15, 2017
Participants Cassini • Huygens
Context Gian Domenico Cassini • Christiaan Huygens

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Cassini-Huygens spacecraft
Jupiter as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 7, 2000.
Saturn
View from the Huygens probe of Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005.
Geysers of ice towering over the south polar region of Enceladus in an image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005. Enceladus is backlit by the Sun.
Saturn: Iapetus
Saturn: Phoebe
Saturn: Rhea
Saturn: Prometheus
Saturn: Daphnis
Learn about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan, the largest moon of Saturn with an atmosphere of its own
Witness Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with an actual sound of ring particles striking Cassini
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