...gets to see Titan up close for the first time ever.
This image taken on Oct. 24, 2004, reveals Titan's bright "continent-sized" terrain known as Xanadu. The origin and geography of Xanadu remain mysteries at this range. TONIGHT, Cassini will acquire images of features in the central-left portion of this image of Saturn's moon Titan from a position about 100 times closer.
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Dec. 25, 2004: 02:00 UTC Huygens probe separates from the Cassini orbiter and begins its 21 day journey to Titan. Dec. 25 counts as day one and Jan. 14 is day 21.
Jan. 14, 2005: Huygens begins its descent through Titan's cloudy atmosphere, where it lands on the surface about two and half hours later. The probe is scheduled to encounter the upper fringes of Titan's atmosphere at 09:00 UTC.
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