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- First Pictures of Titan from Cassini Spacecraft (CBS News)
"A European space probe Friday sent back the first detailed pictures of the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Titan, showing stunning black and white images of what appeared to be hilly terrain riddled with channels or riverbeds carved by a liquid."
" 'There aren't too many planets with liquid,' Tomasko said. 'There's Earth, and now there's Titan.' " 1-05
- Titan Reveals Slush on Surface (CNN News)
"Data sent back by the Huygens space probe from the Saturnian moon Titan show a frozen, orange world shrouded in a methane-rich haze with dark ice rocks dotting a riverbed-like surface the consistency of wet sand, scientists said Saturday." 1-05
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- -01-14-05 Cassini Spacecraft Probe to Land on Titan (CNN News)
"The Huygens probe is plunging through the orange clouds of Saturn's moon Titan, and scientists hope to soon have their first glimpse of the mysterious moon." 1-05
- -01-14-05 Cassini Spacecraft Probe to Land on Titan (NASA)
"Mission managers for the European Space Agency's Huygens probe said the spacecraft is on course for its descent to Saturn's mysterious moon Titan on Friday, Jan. 14. The probe, which detached from NASA's Cassini orbiter last month, will be the first object to explore on-site the unique environment of Titan, whose chemistry is thought to be very similar to that of early Earth, before life formed." 1-05
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