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Huygens lands on Titan — the only landing on an outer-system moon
ESA’s probe descended by parachute through the nitrogen haze and transmitted from the surface of Titan. Encounter class: landing.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Cassini–Huygens · mission · not located
- Titan · celestial body · not located
Evidence
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Cassini–Huygens mission archive
Launch, Jupiter flyby, Saturn orbit insertion, the Huygens Titan landing and the 2017 Grand Finale.
NASA / ESA · Partly verified
NASA Cassini archive · ESA Huygens mission pages
Recorded on Cassini–Huygens
- Voyager 1 passes Saturn and Titan, and leaves the plane of the planets
- Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn
- Cassini enters orbit around Saturn
- Huygens lands on Titan — the only landing on an outer-system moon
- Cassini’s Grand Finale — flown into Saturn to end the mission
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