The European Space Agency and NASA have identified a new mission scenario in order to solve the Huygens radio communications problem and fully recover the scientific return from the Cassini-Huygens ...

Spacecraft remain the best lens with which humans have viewed the universe beyond Earth. These spacecraft are dedicated to increasing the knowledge of humans. One of the best examples is the ...

On Oct. 15, 1997, NASA launched the Cassini spacecraft on a mission to explore Saturn and its moons. It took almost 7 years for Cassini to reach Saturn. Another smaller spacecraft called Huygens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 25, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft dropped a lander named Huygens at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Huygens was a European ...

After a 20-year voyage, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is poised to dive into Saturn this week to become forever one with the exquisite planet. There's no turning back: Friday it careens through the ...

Cassini's mission may have ended when it crashed into Saturn, but it is still delivering results. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

While many of us were stuck sitting behind a school bus in rush-hour traffic this morning, far away from us a much higher-speed spectacle took place. After thirteen years of sometimes bootstrapped and ...