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Cassini/ Huygens Probe Speech

After the complete space probe was launched on October 15, 1997 the
Cassini/ Huygens probe, the Titan Probe, also known as Huygens, entered
and landed on Saturn in 2005. This launch was by Titan IVB/ Centaur. 16
European countries and the United States make up the team responsible
for designing, building, flying and collecting data from the Cassini Orbiter
and Huygens Probe. The Mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in the US, where the orbiter was designed and assembled.
The Cassini/ Huygens Probe needed to be designed to be capable of
recording the information from Saturn and its moon, Titan. Thus, to
accommodate for the variety of atmospheric conditions and light spectra,
this spacecraft contained a wide array of powerful instruments and
cameras. These instruments also take accurate measurements and
detailed images.
The Cassini spacecraft - powered by 37.2kg of Plutonium, containing 12
instruments, more than 6.7 metres high and more than 4 metres wide.
The orbiter alone weighs 2125 kilograms. Whereas with the Huygens
probe, it spans 2.7 metres across consisting of two parts, the entry
assembly module and the descent module. The entry assembly module
carries equipment that control Huygens after separation and has a shield
that will act as a brake and as a thermal protection. The descent module
contains scientific instruments. The probe will use three different
parachutes in sequence during its descent.

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