First results from Huygens
Sat Jan 15, 2005 at 14:05 UTC
On 14 January 2005 ESA's Huygens probe become the first spacecraft to touch down on the surface of Titan. This act makes it the furthest body landed on by a probe. The mission lasted around 3.5 hours with a 2.5 descent phase and around 1 hour of collecting data on the surface.
Scientists have revealed the their initial findings based on analysis of the Huygens data. As well as images of Titan, sounds have also been recorded in the atmosphere.
A summary of the latest findings.
