From the title of the video you would never know this is one of the most visually captivating and melodious presentations of space probe data you may ever see. The video (from Erich Karkoschka, University of Arizona, the DISR team, NASA, and ESA) is titled “The Descent Imager / Spectral Radiometer During the Descent of Huygens onto Titan on January 14, 2005.” Huygens, the first spacecraft to land on Saturn’s moon Titan, was an atmospheric entry probe.
It is best seen and heard – so just watch it, in full screen, with the volume up enough to hear it.
Read more:
The Cassini-Huygens mission at ESA
The DISR Aboard Huygens
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