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Huygens probe ready to detach from Cassini mother craft After a seven-year and 3.2 billion km journey from Earth to Saturn, ESA`s Huygens probe, travelling on board NASA`s Cassini mother craft and powered through an umbilical cable, is now ready to separate and continue its journey alone toward Titan, Saturn`s largest moon.On Christmas night (25 December at 03:00 CET- orbiter time/04:08 CET on the ground) Huygens will be cut loose from Cassini and will coast toward Titan for 20 days, to arrive at its destination on 14 January.
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