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Cassini released a probe that landed on Titan

Huygens touched down in January 2005 and sent data for over an hour The European probe parachuted through Titan's orange haze and photographed river channels of liquid methane. It was designed for three minutes on the surface and lasted more than 70. Cassini itself orbited Saturn for 13 years before a deliberate plunge in 2017. It sits in Mondo's space collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Huygens touched down in January 2005 and sent data for over an hour. The figure is taken from ESA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.