Timeline Wednesday 15 October 1997

Events on Wednesday 15 October 1997 1

• 1997 Cassini-Huygens probe launched Mission to study Saturn and its moon Titan NASA launched the Cassini orbiter carrying the European Huygens probe on a seven-year journey to Saturn. The mission would go on to reveal detailed images of Saturn's rings and moons and land Huygens on Titan in 2005. It was a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency.