On August 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe landed by parachute on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. To commemorate the eighth anniversary of this historic event, ...

Eight years ago this week, a European mission went where no probe had gone before — Saturn's huge moon Titan — and a new video animation is recounting that historic landing by the Huygens spacecraft.

The surface of Saturn's huge moon Titan has the consistency of soft, wet sand with a fragile crust on top, a new analysis of a nearly eight-year-old space probe landing suggests. Researchers ...

2005-01-15 04:00:00 PDT Darmstadt, Germany-- A bold and perilous space adventure into a far-off unknown world achieved an extraordinary success Friday as Europe's Huygens probe descended to a safe ...

You need to have thought of almost every eventuality when landing on a distant moon in a remote corner of the Solar System. You must have tested your spacecraft to its limits to be sure it will ...

A view of Huygens probable landing site on Titan (white circle) based on initial, best-guess estimates. ESA's Huygens probe landed on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, on Jan. 14, 2005. A view of Titan ...

Eight years ago this week, a European mission went where no probe had gone before — Saturn's huge moon Titan — and a new video animation is recounting that historic landing by the Huygens spacecraft.

The ESA's Cassini-Huygens mission achieved the first landing on a moon beyond Earth's, specifically Saturn's moon Titan, in 2005. The Huygens lander, detached from the Cassini probe in December 2004, ...

As NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft begins its final eight months of operation, scientists are looking back at one of the mission's most dramatic moments: the landing of the piggyback Huygens ...

The lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon, Titan, are perfect for paddling but not for surfing. New research has found that most waves on Titan's lakes reach only about 1 centimeter high. The lakes ...

This image is an artist's impression of the descent and landing sequence followed by ESA's Huygens probe that landed on Titan. The Jan. 14, 2005 landing was the culmination of a 22-year process of ...