Bounce, skid, wobble: How Huygens landed on Titan
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe, ferried to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest in the 10 seconds after touching down on Titan in January 2005, a new analysis reveals. The moon's surface is more complex than previously thought.