Space & Planetary Science

Editor’s note: While ESA takes its time to slowly release images, full collections of Huygens imagery have already been processed and refined well beyond anything ESA has done – see […]

For the latest information on Huygens’ landing on Titan as well as Cassini’s continuing exploration of Saturn, its rings, and its retinue of moons, visit SaturnToday.com.

14 January 2005: Images of Titan Begin to Arrive from Huygens“NASA’s Cassini has begun to relay data received from the ESA Huygens lander as it descended through Titan’s atmosphere. They […]

NASA Deep Impact Asteroid Probe Launched“The Deep Impact spacecraft lifted off on-time aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 1:47:08.574 […]

Happy Holidays from Mars, Marsunearthed.com3 January 2005: One Year on Mars“One Year on Mars,” a special two-hour live event to commemorate the mission, will be presented at JPL on Monday, […]

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Visits its Heat Shield Impact Site (Photo gallery)“NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gained this view of its own heat shield during the rover’s 325th martian day […]

Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4“Over the past week, several independent efforts were made to search for pre-discovery observations of 2004 MN4. These […]

NASA Cassini Mission Status Report 24 December 2004“The European Space Agency’s Huygens probe successfully detached from NASA’s Cassini orbiter today to begin a three-week journey to Saturns moon Titan. NASA’s […]

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Approaches Location of Crashed Heatshield“Having emerged from Endurance crater, Opportunity is now approaching the location where its heatshield crashed almost a year ago.”Opportunity Looks Back at […]

Not only did Cassini make a second close pass over Titan on Monday, it also managed to get some great images of Dione – against the backdrop of Saturn – […]