Cassini at saturn Springer-verlag new york inc (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)

Cassini At Saturn Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained aby a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned aby the spacecraft clearly demonstrated the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book contains a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft s initial period of operation.§The Huygens craft, released żeby Cassini, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn s largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland tells the exciting story of the this craft s journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190