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Message 8780 - Posted: 16 Jul 2004, 17:57:35 UTC
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European Space Agency -- On the way to its final destination, Titan, ESA's Huygens atmospheric probe underwent an important health check-up yesterday.

The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn on 1 July, crossing twice the planet's rings. The data collected yesterday at ESA's European Space Operations Centre show that this delicate and risky manoeuvre proved harmless for all instruments on board and mission control specialists gave Huygens a perfect bill of health.


During its long journey with Cassini, starting on 15 October 1997, the proper working of the Huygens probe and of its scientific instruments has been regularly verified, fourteen times to be precise. Check-out number 13, the last before arriving at Saturn, was executed in March and showed that all systems were performing as expected.

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Message 8806 - Posted: 16 Jul 2004, 19:27:05 UTC

real good news Thierry!!!
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Message 12309 - Posted: 25 Jul 2004, 10:58:41 UTC

thank thierry.


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