The Huygens probe descended by parachute to the surface of Titan in 2005, through an orange haze colder than minus 170 degrees Celsius, and more than a billion kilometres from home it remains the only spacecraft humanity has ever landed anywhere in the outer solar system

On 14 January 2005, the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and came to rest on the surface. The descent under parachute lasted about two and a half hours. The probe then transmitted from the surface for about another 72 minutes before contact was lost. More than [...] The post The Huygens probe descended by parachute to the surface of Titan in 2005, through an orange haze colder than minus 170 degrees Celsius, and more than a b