OTD In Space – January 14: Huygens Probe Lands On Saturn's Moon Titan - video Dailymotion

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On January 14, 2005, a spacecraft landed on one of Saturn's moons!   The European Space Agency's Huygens probe hitched a ride on NASA's Cassini spacecraft to Saturn's largest moon Titan. It parted ways with the mothership about three weeks before touching down on the icy moon's surface. This was the first time a spacecraft had ever landed on a moon in the outer solar system. Huygens took some amazing photos and collected plenty of data, which revealed that Titan has lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane, replenished by rain from hydrocarbon clouds.

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00:00On this day in space.

00:04On January 14, 2005, a spacecraft landed on one of Saturn's moons.

00:08The European Space Agency's Huygens probe hitched a ride on NASA's

00:12Cassini spacecraft to Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

00:16It parted ways with the mothership about three weeks before touching down on the icy moon's surface.

00:20This was the first time a spacecraft had ever landed on a moon in the

00:24outer solar system. Huygens took some amazing photos and collected

00:28plenty of data, which revealed that Titan has lakes and seas of liquid methane and

00:32ethane replenished by rain from hydrocarbon clouds.

00:36And that's what happened on this day in space.

00:40NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

OTD In Space – January 14: Huygens Probe Lands On Saturn's Moon Titan

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