The international Saturn-system exploration programme that combined NASA’s Cassini orbiter with ESA’s Huygens Titan lander, studying Saturn, its rings, moons, magnetosphere, and Titan’s atmosphere from launch in 1997 through mission end in 2017.
Identity
Aliases
Cassini-HuygensCassini ProgramCassini Mission
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Cassini-Huygens Program
Status
completed
Types
explorationresearchoperationsscience
Details
Description
The international Saturn-system exploration programme that combined NASA’s Cassini orbiter with ESA’s Huygens Titan lander, studying Saturn, its rings, moons, magnetosphere, and Titan’s atmosphere from launch in 1997 through mission end in 2017.