The Incredible Story of How the Huygens Mission to Titan Succeeded When It Could Have Failed
The Incredible Story of How the Huygens Mission to Titan Succeeded When It Could Have Failed Twelve years ago today, the Huygens probe landed on Titan, marking the farthest point from Earth any spacecraft has even landed. While a twelfth anniversary may be an odd number to mark with a special article, as we said in our previous article (with footage from the landing), this is the last opportunity to celebrate the success of Huygens before its partner spacecraft Cassini ends its mission on September 15, 2017 with a fateful plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere. But Huygens is also worth celebrating because, amazingly, the mission almostRead More →