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Published online 29 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041229-1
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Huygens probe sets out for Titan
Twenty-day trek will be followed by a fiery descent.
A titanic adventure has begun. The Huygens probe is now on a collision course with Titan, Saturn's largest moon, having separated from the Cassini spacecraft at 0200 GMT on Saturday 25 December.
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