The robot probe Huygens has beamed its first discoveries back to Earth, after successfully landing on Saturn’s giant moon, Titan.
The first actual data from the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe, relayed via NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, reached ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, at 1618 GMT, prompting cheers and embraces in the control room.
“We are the first visitors of Titan,” said Jean-Jacques Dourdain, ESA’s director general. “The scientific data we are collecting now will unveil the secrets of this new world.”
Huygens beams back first discoveries from Titan
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Aaron Fulkerson 