This artistic portrait of Saturn depicts howit might look from Titan, Saturn's largest moon.In the foreground sits ESA' Huygens probe, which will be released by NASA's Cassinispacecraft and parachute to Titan's surface. Cassini willreach Saturn in 2004 and release the Huygens probe later that year. Titan is one of only two moons in the Solar System to have an atmosphere.It has been suggested Titan might have gasoline-like lakesand an atmospheri chemistrylike that found on early Earth.The Cassini spacecraft was launched in October 1997and has now traveled beyond Jupiter.
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