Cassini-Huygens
Cassini-Huygens was a joint NASA, ESA, and ASI exploration of Saturn. JPL's Cassini orbiter delivered ESA's Huygens probe for the first landing in the outer Solar System, then spent 13 years studying Saturn's atmosphere, rings, magnetosphere, and moons before a deliberate atmospheric entry protected Titan and Enceladus from future contamination.
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Identity
- Aliases
- CassiniCassini–HuygensCassini-Huygens MissionCassini Saturn Orbiter and Huygens Titan Probe
- Name
- Cassini-Huygens
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Cassini-Huygens was a joint NASA, ESA, and ASI exploration of Saturn. JPL's Cassini orbiter delivered ESA's Huygens probe for the first landing in the outer Solar System, then spent 13 years studying Saturn's atmosphere, rings, magnetosphere, and moons before a deliberate atmospheric entry protected Titan and Enceladus from future contamination.
- Destination
- Saturn orbit with 294 Saturn orbits and 162 targeted moon flybys, including Huygens’s descent to Titan, for studying Saturn’s atmosphere, rings, magnetosphere, and moons before a controlled atmospheric entry
- End Date
- 2017-09-15
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful. Cassini completed 294 Saturn orbits and 162 targeted moon flybys, revealed active water-rich plumes and a subsurface ocean at Enceladus, characterized Titan's methane hydrologic cycle and seas, and transformed understanding of Saturn's rings and atmosphere. Huygens returned atmospheric and surface measurements during the first landing in the outer Solar System. Cassini ended through a controlled Saturn atmospheric entry on September 15, 2017.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1997-10-15
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cassini/
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- Creation Time
- April 12, 2026 at 22:31:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:58:54 UTC
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- Cassini-Huygens Cassini Cassini–Huygens Cassini-Huygens Mission Cassini Saturn Orbiter and Huygens Titan Probe
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