Cassini At Saturn . Huygens Results will bring the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Ca... » 

Cassini At Saturn . Huygens Results will bring the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini is due to enter orbit around Saturn on the 1 July 2004 and the author will have 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained by a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned by the spacecraft clearly demonstrate the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book will contain a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft.s initial period of operation.The Huygens craft will be released by Cassini in December 2004 and is due to parachute through the clouds of Saturn.s largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland will tell the exciting story of the this craft.s journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190ºC on its surface. Titan is considered to be an early Earth in deep freeze, possibly with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere. There will undoubtedly be enormous interest in the first results and images of Titan.s surface, and the aim is that this book will be the first to appear with an incisive summary of this groundbreaking material. «