Video from 5th anniversary of the Huygens probe landing on Titan

Just over seven years ago, on the 14th January 2005 at approximately 11:30 UTC, the Huygens probe (part of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn) touched down on the surface of Titan.

The video below, released for the 5th anniversary of the probe’s touchdown, is a time-compressed montage of what was imaged as Huygens descended through the thick atmosphere of Titan over the course of about four hours. The sounds accompanying the video are representations of various data, such as the rotation of the probe and the strength of the radio signal between Huygens and the Cassini spacecraft.

In case the video won’t play for you, the full link is: http://youtu.be/PrnuGAQroXQ where you can also find a full description of what all the charts and sounds are.

Although it’s somewhat “old news” it’s still a fascinating video, and always brings to (my) mind the fleeting Venera images from Venus.

Related posts:

  1. Venus, as seen from the Cassini space probe around Saturn
  2. Monthly Meeting (William Lassell Memorial Lecture): Ms. Melanie Davies FRAS – “Titan: A candidate for evolution?”
  3. New Horizons Probe: Projected Post-Pluto Path
  4. Astronomy and Space News – July 25th 2001
  5. Amazing images of storms on Saturn
  6. Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Wednesday 1st August, 2018
  7. (Almost) Full Moon Rising
  8. iPhone video of International Space Station pass, 17th February 2013 18:58 UTC
  9. Video by LAS Members showing movement of Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14, 15th February 2013
  10. Astronomy and Space News Roundup: 24th May 2013 to 30th June 2013