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On This Day in Space! Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini Spacecraft Takes 1st-Ever Closeup Photos of Saturn Moon Titan
Cassini passed within 745 miles of Titan and gathered photos, radar readings and atmospheric samples ahead of the Huygens probe landing.
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Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini at Titan
On Oct. 26, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft made its first close pass by Saturn’s planet-size moon, Titan (later known as Titan Flyby A). After a seven-year journey — the last four months of which were spent in orbit around Saturn — Cassini plunged within 745 miles (1,200 kilometers) of the world’s surface. It snapped hundredsContinue reading "Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini at Titan"
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The Cassini spacecraft has taken the first photographs of Titan from a distance of 1,200 kilometers from the surface of the satellite Saturn.
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