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24/7 Space News Huygens Lands On Titan
 Darmstadt, Germany (AFP) Jan 14, 2005

the surface of Titan
A European robot lab parachuted to the surface of the Saturn moon Titan on Friday, successfully climaxing a venture to explore one of the most beguiling phenomena in the Solar System, mission leaders here said. Operating in the dark and friendless chill of deep space, the unmanned probe Huygens glided to Titan's surface, relaying its findings to its American mothership Cassini, which then sent the data home to NASA's waiting radio sentinels.
EYE CANDY AT TITAN

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    Special Titan Landing Edition - Click Here For Complete Daily Report for Friday January 14, 2005
    OPINION SPACE
    ESA Flubs Titan Landing Show
     Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 15, 2005
     I just watched on NASA TV the ESA's bizarre idea of how to present the first landing on a new planet to the public. It crystallizes in my mind something that has always bothered me about Europe.
    TITAN SCIENCE
    Plunge To Methane Lake?
     Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 13, 2005
     Imagine descending through hurricane-like conditions where wind speeds can reach 400 miles per hour and the ground temperatures drop as low as -300 degrees F.
    SPACE TRAVEL
    Space Watch: The Outlook For 2005
     Washington DC (UPI) Jan 13, 2005
     The wheels of human space exploration might turn very slowly, but all signs indicate they are beginning to turn faster and - if all goes well -finally might reach escape velocity in 2005. Without a doubt, the future remains cloudy for a number of NASA issues.
    Space Race 2: The Feds Weigh In
     Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Jan 11, 2005
     The Bush administration, with little fanfare, last week unveiled the first update in a decade to the country's official space transportation policy. The eight-page directive, released by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, significantly expands the role of the private sector in space transportation and, for the first time, specifically mentions commercial human spaceflight.
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    SwRI Instrument Selected For NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission
     Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 13, 2005
     NASA has selected a scientific instrument called LAMP (or Lyman Alpha Mapping Project) to be developed by Southwest Research Institute and flown on its upcoming Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission.
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