Last Call for Titan
12 years ago, after a 7-year-long interplanetary journey, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft completed the first landing ever accomplished in the outer Solar System, reaching the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Based on the data collected over the past decade, this film uses the latest light and sound simulation techniques to interpret visually for the first time the spectacle that is Titan.
12 years ago, after a 7-year-long interplanetary journey, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft completed the first landing ever accomplished in the outer Solar System, reaching the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Based on the data collected over the past decade, this film uses the latest light and sound simulation techniques to interpret visually for the first time the spectacle that is Titan.
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