Saturn insertion day!

This is the day when the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft enters Saturn orbit. It will provide our closest look at the planet, its rings, and its moons- including the soft landing of the Huygens probe on the surface of Titan, the only moon in our solar system with an atmosphere and possibly a prototype of early Earth. Since Titan is enshrouded in orange clouds of methane and other gasses, this will be our very first look at its surface- which may be at least partially covered with petroleum oceans.


Below: a recent picture of Saturn taken by the probe as it approached the ringed planet.