Cassini–Huygens

Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA's Cassini space probe and ESA's Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter its orbit, where it stayed from 2004 to 2017. The two craft took their names from the astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens.

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Cassini-Huygens; Cassini-Huygens mission; Cassini–Huygens
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Frameless

Cassini-Huygens

The crescent shape of Saturn's moons Titan, Rhea and Mimas

An image of Iapetus by Voyager 1, showing that it looks like Taijitu (Yin Yang Symbol)

Cassini science targets

Epimetheus Titan Saturn Rings Cassini Photo

This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively "fresh" crater called Sinlap (left) and an extremely degraded crater called Soi (right)

PIA08211 - Titan

Cassini preflight testing

Cassini preflight testing

Cassini assembly

• Observations with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) during Cassini's flyby of Jupiter - scientific article (publication date: August 2003)
• Titan tholins: simulating Titan organic chemistry in the Cassini-Huygens era. - scientific article, 2011
• Saturn from Cassini-Huygens - book, 2009

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Cassini-Huygens		Commons
commons	image		The crescent shape of Saturn's moons Titan, Rhea and Mimas		Commons
commons	image		An image of Iapetus by Voyager 1, showing that it looks like Taijitu (Yin Yang Symbol)		Commons
commons	image		Cassini science targets		Commons
commons	image		Epimetheus Titan Saturn Rings Cassini Photo		Commons
commons	image		This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively "fresh" crater called Sinlap (left) and an extremely degraded crater called Soi (right)		Commons
commons	image		PIA08211 - Titan		Commons
commons	image		Cassini preflight testing		Commons
commons	image		Cassini preflight testing		Commons
commons	image		Cassini assembly		Commons