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Image credit: NASA/ESA
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[Titan latest News] European Space Agency mission managers for the Huygens probe confirm that data of the probe's descent to Saturn's moon Titan are being received. The data was transmitted from the probe to NASA's Cassini spacecraft and then back to Earth.

The Huygens team is set to begin processing data and hope to release first images later today. Scientists are interested in Titan because its chemistry is thought to be very similar to that of early Earth, before life formed.

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So far so good, this is looking very promising indeed thumbsup.gif

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this moon is more interesting then mars.

I totaly agree thumbsup.gif.

A question - does the Huygens probe has any cameras on that we can expect to get some visual pictures from Titan's surface? huh.gif

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this moon is more interesting then mars.

I totaly agree thumbsup.gif.

A question - does the Huygens probe has any cameras on that we can expect to get some visual pictures from Titan's surface? huh.gif

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i think it has camera's. they released pictures right?

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It does indeed have cameras, in fact it was also designed to take photographs of the surface all the way down during it's decent.

If everything goes well, we should see some spectacular images.

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It does indeed have cameras, in fact it was also designed to take photographs of the surface all the way down during it's decent.

If everything goes well, we should see some spectacular images.

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Can't wait for the pictures! cool.gif

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It does indeed have cameras, in fact it was also designed to take photographs of the surface all the way down during it's decent.

If everything goes well, we should see some spectacular images.

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Can't wait for the pictures! cool.gif

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thumbsup.gif i cant actualy wait. literaly. im refreshing the official esa site every five mins just for updates....

yes indeed, i am sad unsure.gif

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Update

European Space Agency mission managers for the Huygens probe confirm that data of the probe's descent to Saturn's moon Titan are being received. The data was transmitted from the probe to NASA's Cassini spacecraft and then back to Earth. The Huygens team is set to begin processing data and hope to release first images later today.

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I find this very interesting, at least it interests me more than the Mars rovers. Im suprised this isnt plastered all over the news channels.

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On the decent photo...are those CLOUDS? blink.gif

EDIT: nah, it's just blurry.

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On the decent photo...are those CLOUDS?

Which decent photo is that ? I didn't know any photographs were available yet.

Got a link for us ?

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On the decent photo...are those CLOUDS?

Which decent photo is that ? I didn't know any photographs were available yet.

Got a link for us ?

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Sorry, thought there was a link in the original post...here it is:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/...a/pia07229.html

I edited my last post...it's just blur methinks.

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Ah thanks Manfred. That's a picture made up of data from the Cassini spacecraft to help predict which areas will be covered by Huygens, the new Huygens pictures aren't available yet.

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Looks like there will be a live broadcast from the ESA from 19:45 to 20:15 GMT when the first 18 pictures will be received.

I'm not sure if that broadcast can be viewed on-line though, I hope they post the images up on their site aswell.

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Not to long to wait now!

How exciting.

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