sábado, janeiro 15, 2005

HUYGENS ALIEN WINDS DESCENT

SONS E IMAGENS DE TITAN - SOUNDS AND IMAGES FROM TITAN

- Sons de Titã - Sounds of Titan [Link];
- HUYGENS continuou a transmitir dados 5 horas após ter aterrado em Titã [Link];
- HUYGENS entrou na atmosfera de Titã [Link].



«This image was returned yesterday, January 14, 2005, by the European Space Agency's Huygens probe during its successful descent to land on Titan. This is the colored view, following processing to add reflection spectra data, and gives a better indication of the actual color of the surface.» [...]

«The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The Descent Imager/Spectral team is based at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.» [Esta informação encontra-se aqui]

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