January 28, 2005

Moonstruck Scientists Hail Mission to Titan

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

Earlier this month an international team of researchers and engineers established the farthest outpost of humanity -- a lonely landing spot on Saturn's moon Titan where the Huygens probe came to rest after a white-knuckle trip of more than two billion miles.

The initial images of Titan's landscape gave humans their first clear views of the alien, frozen world, which lies permanently hidden behind a thick orange haze.

After a tense day on January 14, waiting to see whether

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