Profile: Huygens space probe mission

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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
01-14-2005
Profile: Huygens space probe mission

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

A European space probe arrived this morning at Saturn's biggest moon, Titan. Radio telescopes on Earth have confirmed that the probe has been beaming data back to its mother ship for more than two hours. David Southwood from the European Space Agency says they can't read the data yet, but at least they know the space program is alive.

Mr. DAVID SOUTHWOOD (European Space Agency): As far as I'm concerned, the baby is out of the womb, but ...

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