Editing Cassini–Huygens (section)

=== ''Huygens'' lands on Titan ===
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''Cassini'' released the ''Huygens'' probe on December 25, 2004, by means of a spring and spiral rails intended to rotate the probe for greater stability. It entered the atmosphere of Titan on January 14, 2005, and after a two-and-a-half-hour descent landed on solid ground.<ref name=NYT-20170914/> Although ''Cassini'' successfully relayed 350 of the pictures that it received from ''Huygens'' of its descent and landing site, a malfunction in one of the communications channels resulted in the loss of a further 350 pictures.<ref name=space.com3/>