MAJOR EVENTS
- 1655 MAR 25
Titan dicovered - 1979 SEP 02
First ever close-up picture taken - 1997 OCT 15
Cassini-Huygens launches - 2004 MAY 20
Best resolution picture to-date - 2004 JUL 01
Cassini-Huygens reaches Saturn - 2005 JAN 14
Huygens lands on Titan - 2010 FEB 03
NASA extends mission - 2017 to Come
Cassini's exploration ends - 2017 and Beyond
Future missions
BEST RESOLUTION TO DATE
The first picture of Titan with better resolution than any Earth based observation was released on May 20, 2004. The photo was taken two weeks prior on May 5 from a distance of 29.3 million kilometers (18.2 million miles).
