On August 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe landed by parachute on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. To commemorate the eighth anniversary of this historic event, ...

Eight years ago this week, a European mission went where no probe had gone before — Saturn's huge moon Titan — and a new video animation is recounting that historic landing by the Huygens spacecraft.

On a pale morning in January 2005, a metallic object the size of a dishwasher descended through the thick haze of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Moving at just over four meters per second, the Huygens ...

The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests. Researchers ...

A view of Huygens probable landing site on Titan (white circle) based on initial, best-guess estimates. ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on Jan. 14, 2005. A view of Titan ...

You need to have thought of almost every eventuality when landing on a distant moon in a remote corner of the Solar System. You must have tested your spacecraft to its limits to be sure it will ...

2005-01-15 04:00:00 PDT Darmstadt, Germany-- A bold and perilous space adventure into a far-off unknown world achieved an extraordinary success Friday as Europe's Huygens probe descended to a safe ...

Eight years ago this week, a European mission went where no probe had gone before — Saturn's huge moon Titan — and a new video animation is recounting that historic landing by the Huygens spacecraft.

The ESA's Cassini-Huygens mission achieved the first landing on a moon beyond Earth's, specifically Saturn's moon Titan, in 2005. The Huygens lander, detached from the Cassini probe in December 2004, ...

Ten years ago today one of the most remarkable moments in human history took place, when the Huygens probe landed on Saturn’s largest moon - Titan It remains the only landing of a spacecraft in the ...

The US Cassini spacecraft will return images of the landing zone on Saturn's moon Titan where Europe's Huygens probe touched down earlier this year. Scientists hope Cassini's flyby will put in context ...

NASA’s Cassini space probe views Saturn’s moon Titan and its biggest lake, Kraken Mare, which is near its north pole. NASA/JPL Titan’s lakes are pretty calm, so a spacecraft might have an easy time ...