Titan Looks Livable – Lots Available Soon

 

After traveling through more than 2 billion
miles of space, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe reached
its final destination early Friday, NASA said.

It successfully navigated
the murky atmosphere of the Saturn moon Titan and touched down
on the moon’s surface two and a half hours later, at 2:25 a.m.
PST.
Scientists hope it snapped photos as it landed and began snatching
up souvenirs, just like any other tourist.

It takes one hour and seven minutes for the signal to travel from
Cassini to Earth.

from Wired News


(first photo sent back this pm from NY
Times
)

In this artist rendition, the Huygens probe is about to reach the
surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Photo: Courtesy of NASA/Steven Hobbs
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