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CURRENT MISSIONS:
Cassini-Huygens to Saturn
Launch: October 15,1997
A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, Cassini arrived at Saturn in June 2004 carrying a record number of 12 instruments. The mission is an intensive study of Saturn's rings, its moons and magnetosphere. Cassini released the Huygens probe towards Saturn's largest moon, Titan and the probe successfully landed on the moon's surface in January 2005.
Launch: October 15,1997
A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, Cassini arrived at Saturn in June 2004 carrying a record number of 12 instruments. The mission is an intensive study of Saturn's rings, its moons and magnetosphere. Cassini released the Huygens probe towards Saturn's largest moon, Titan and the probe successfully landed on the moon's surface in January 2005.
FUTURE MISSIONS:
None
Herschel Crater on Mimas
Adventurous climbers who ascend the peak at the center of Herschel crater (left) on Saturn's moon Mimas will find themselves more than 6,000 meters above the chasm's floor. Surrounded by the crater walls, which rise majestically to almost 5,000 meters, and with Saturn setting in the background, travelers might wonder how Mimas survived the impact that formed this 139-kilometer-wide depression, which is almost a third of the satellite's diameter.
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