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KSC-97pc652
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KSC-97pc652

NASA / KSC · 1997-04-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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The descent module of the Titan-bound Huygens probe undergoes preflight processing on a support structure in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF). The probe will study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, as part of the Cassini mission to the Saturnian system. The cylinders on the top of the probe contain antennas; the small square box has a parachute. The probe will detach from the Cassini orbiter after arrival at Saturn in 2004 to slowly descend through Titan'

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Credit lineKSC-97pc652. NASA/KSC, 1997-04-14. Public domain. ID: KSC-97pc652.

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