Tiedote - Cassini Spacecraft Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
Image: NASA/JPL/GSFC
CASSINI's visual and infrared mapping spectrometer also captured a view of the region, and the team is working to determine the composition of the material contained within these features to tests the hypothesis that they are liquid-filled. More evidence will be collected during the spacecraft's next flyover in May.
The spacecraft carried the European entry probe Huygens to Titan where it landed successfully on January 14, 2005. The pressure sensors on board Huygens were provided by FMI and measured for the first time an atmosphere pressure profile in great detail outside the Earth atmosphere.
The Cassini-mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
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Walter Schmidt, tel. (09) 1929 4658 Walter.Schmidt@fmi.fiAri-Matti Harri, gsm 050 337 5623 ari-matti.harri@fmi.fi