During this mission, Doppler radio measurements, wind speed data, and 350 pictures were lost due to the failure to turn on Channel A. A penetrometer used during this mission impacted at roughly 4-5 meters per second and suggested that its probe hit a water-ice pebble.
During this mission, Doppler radio measurements, wind speed data, and 350 pictures were lost due to the failure to turn on Channel A. A penetrometer used during this mission impacted at roughly 4-5 meters per second and suggested that its probe hit a water-ice pebble. That probe confirmed Chandrayaan-1's discovery of small amounts of water on the surface of the destination moon, and this mission's orbiter contained the largest amount of plutonium ever launched into space. This mission produced seventy-two minutes of transmissions that showed a shoreline (*) and a river delta, and in 2012, it made the closest ever flyby over the south pole of Enceladus. For 10 points, name this doubly-eponymous joint NASA, ESA, and ASI mission in which one craft descended onto the surface of the Saturnine moon Titan in 2005, and which is scheduled to end with the crash of another craft into Saturn in 2017.
During this mission, Doppler radio measurements, wind speed data, and 350 pictures were lost due to the failure to turn on Channel A. A penetrometer used during this mission impacted at roughly 4-5 meters per second and suggested that its probe hit a water-ice pebble.
Cassini-Huygens Mission [prompt on "Cassini" or "Huygens"]