On this day in 2005, the ESA's Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan after its separation from NASA's Cassini Orbiter in December 2004. Huygens is the only spacecraft to have soft-landed in the outer solar system and holds the record for the most distant landing from Earth. After its treacherous 2.5-hour journey through Titan's atmosphere, Huygens was able to transmit data from Titan's surface for 72 minutes. The data collected by the Cassini-Huygens mission will continue to be studied for

20 years ago today, ESA's Huygens probe gave us jaw-dropping views of the surface of Saturn's hazy moon, Titan, as it became the first probe to land on a world in the outer solar system. Descending through the thick yellow atmosphere for about three hours, it revealed surprisingly Earth-like landforms. ▶️ Extract of video by ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona built from Huygens probe data. Visit https://science.nasa.gov/resource/a-view-from-huygens/ to watch the full video. | NASA History

4.6K views · 86 reactions | This video of the Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan, made from actual images taken by the spacecraft, is absolutely awesome. Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Popular Mechanics | Facebook