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Huygens Probe Aerosol Collector Pyrolyser Experiment
Israel, G.; Steller, M.; Riedler, W. +6 more
ACP's main objective is the chemical analysis of the aerosols in Titan's atmosphere. For this purpose, it will sample the aerosols during descent and prepare the collected matter (by evaporation, pyrolysis and gas products transfer) for analysis by the Huygens Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS). A sampling system is required for sampling t…
The Huygens Probe System Design
Lebreton, J. -P.; Sollazzo, C.; Couzin, P. +5 more
The Huygens Probe is the ESA-provided element of the joint NASA/ESA Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and its largest moon Titan. Huygens is an entry probe designed to enter Titan's atmosphere and descend under parachute down to the surface. The Probe is carried to Titan on board the Cassini Saturn Orbiter. Huygens is dormant for 7.2 years, during…
Saturn's Rings: pre-Cassini Status and Mission Goals
Nicholson, P. D.; Spilker, L. J.; Porco, C. C. +8 more
Theoretical and observational progress in studies of Saturn's ring system since the mid-1980s is reviewed, focussing on advances in configuration and dynamics, composition and size distribution, dust and meteoroids, interactions of the rings with the planet and the magnetosphere, and relationships between the rings and various satellites. The Cass…
Touring the Saturnian System
Wolf, Aron A.
The Cassini mission to Saturn employs a Saturn orbiter and a Titan probe to conduct an intensive investigation of the Saturnian system. The orbiter flies a series of orbits, incorporating flybys of the Saturnian satellites, called the ‘satellite tour.’ During the tour, the gravitational fields of the satellites (mainly Titan) are used to modify an…
Cassini-Huygens Investigations of Satellite Surfaces and Interiors
Soderblom, Laurence A.; Lunine, Jonathan I.
The Saturnian system contains 18 known satellites ranging from 10 km to 2575 km in radius. In bulk properties and surface appearance these objects show less regularity than the sparser Jupiter system. The Galilean-sized moon Titan sports a dense atmosphere of nitrogen and methane which renders surface observations difficult, but also makes this mo…
An Introduction to the Design of the Cassini Spacecraft
Henry, Curt A.
In October of 1997 NASA launched its largest interplanetary spacecraft to date. The Cassini spacecraft will arrive at Saturn in July of 2004 and begin a four year tour of that planetary system. After the spacecraft arrives it will separate into an orbiter and a probe. The Huygens Probe, developed by the European Space Agency, will follow a ballist…
Touring the saturnian system: the atmospheres of titan and saturn
Owen, Tobias; Gautier, Daniel
This report follows the presentation originally given in the ESA Phase A Study for the Cassini Huygens Mission. The combination of the Huygens atmospheric probe into Titan's atmosphere with the Cassini orbiter allows for both in-situ and remote-sensing observations of Titan. This not only provides a rich harvest of data about Saturn's famous satel…