Episode 93: Exploring the surface of Titan
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English - January 14, 2021 12:30 - 59 minutes - 48.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNatural Sciences Science space rockets solar system planets astronomy telescopes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On 14th January 2005, the Huygens probe landed on Titan. Saturns and the solar systems largest Moon. This was a joint NAS/ESA mission called Cassini-Huygens. Whilst Huygens landed on Titan, Cassini continued to orbit Saturn.
Professor John Zarnecki, the prinicpal investigator for the Surface Science Package, recalls the experience of that mission and what we learnt about Titan then and since.