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Subject: Huygens descent through Titan's atmosphere HUYGENS MISSION CLIMAX Today the Huygens probe descends through the atmopshere of Saturn's largest moon Titan. Hopefully it will collect a range of data on the atmosphere's composition and structure, as well as seeing if the surface of Titan is liquid or solid. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=36367 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION SUPPORT A new link to the Open University and their interactive Huygens feature has been added under our partnerships page. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=35711 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUS EXPRESS SPACECRAFT TESTING CONTINUES The Venus Express spacecraft is scheduled for launch in October this year. As that date approaches the spacecraft is undergoing the final stages of testing. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=36346 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUBBLE NEWS INFRARED VIEW OF SUSPECTED EXTRASOLAR PLANET [HEIC0501] Follow up observations by Hubble's NICMOS instrument support the existence of a candidate exoplanet around the brown dwarf star 2M1207. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=36336 INFANT STARS IN NEIGHBOURING GALAXY [HEIC0502] Combining images from the ACS at optical and near-infrared wavelengths, Hubble has detected a young population of some 2500 stars in the nebula NGC 346. The stars are still forming from the gravitationally collapsing gas clouds. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=36354 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCITECH SCREENSAVER Don't forget to download the SciTech Screensaver a multi-facetted application that allows you to keep abreast of status reports, news and announcements of events taking place at ESA Science. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=34651 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please contact us through the Scitech Website: http://sci.esa.int |
