Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
Title:
Close Encounter of a First Kind
Description:
Close Encounter of a First Kind
Full Description:
This movie is a condensed version of Cassini's 44-hour approach to Titan. During the movie, the planet rotates about 40 degrees and the spacecraft's distance to the moon ranges from 1,800,000 to 700,000 kilometers (1,000,000 to 435,000 miles). At is closest, on Oct. 26, 2004, Cassini was 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) above the moon. Clouds are seen forming and evolving near the south pole. The images making up this movie were captured by Cassini's imaging science subsystem through near-infrared filters. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. For the latest news about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov…For more information about the mission, visit http://saturn.jpl.n…and the Cassini imaging team home page, http://ciclops.org. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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http://saturn.jpl.n…
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Close Encounter of a First Kind