1. Exploration of Titan with the Huygens spacecraft

2. Titan as seen in a small telescope
Titan larger than Earth’s
Moon

3. Titan as seen by Voyager

4. Inferences about the surface of Titan
Conditions at surface
Are close to “triple
Point” of substances
Such as Methane and
Ethane (oceans of
Gunk?)

5. 25 years later…another spacecraft on a mission

6. The Cassini and Huygens spacecraft
The Huygens
lander

7. Concept of the Huygens lander…an artist’s conception

8. Pictures of Titan from the approaching Cassini spacecraft
Image at infrared wavelengths

9. A new view of Titan (from close up)

10. The view from Huygens on the way down

11. Closer to the surface

12. Titan has flow channels, too

13. On the surface

14. Cassini radar shows lakes of methane

15. The surface of Titan: an artist’s view