Cassini-Huygens
Anthony Morris & Steven James Fayusal
Determine structure of rings
Determine composition of satellites
Measure the magnetosphere
Study Saturn's atmosphere
Study the clouds of Titan
Study Titan's surface
Earth & the Moon
Giovanni Cassini
Christiaan Huygens
Cassini
Huygens
🌞
🌞
☢️
October 15, 1997
Launch
1998-2000
Flybys
1998-2000
Flybys
March 10, 2004
New Moons
🌛
🌜
May 18, 2004
Entering Saturn's System
🪐
June 30, 2004
Orbital Insertion
🪐
July 2, 2004
Close Encounter with Titan
December 25, 2004 🎄
Huygens Detaches
January 14, 2005
Huygens Lands on Titan
2008
Completed Primary Mission
Over 60 flybys of Saturn's moons
Discovered atmosphere on Enceladus
Discovered complex carbon molecules in Titan's atmosphere
Determined Saturn's ring particle size distribution
Discovered moon Daphnis
Discovered hydrocarbon lakes on Titan2008-2010
Equinox Mission
2010-2017
Solstice Mission
🪐
September 15, 2017
The Grande Finale
🪐
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
By The Numbers
2.5M commands executed
635 GB data collected
6 named moons discovered
162 moon flybys
7.9B km traveled
294 orbits completed
453,048 images taken
27 nations participated
The mission has expanded our understanding of where life could exist in the Universe.
Titan revealed a world very similar to ours providing new ways to understand home.
Cassini allowed us to observe weather and seasons in the Solar System, improving our understanding of similar processes here and elsewhere.
Cassini revealed that Saturn's moons truly are their own worlds.
Cassini gave us the beauty of Saturn.
Thanks!
Cassini-Huygens
By Anthony Morris
