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The Cassini-Huygens Mission was a spacecraft launched by [[NASA]] on October 15th 1997 to explore the planet [[Saturn]] and its moon, [[Titan]]. The payload was carried aloft by a Titan IV-B/Centaur launch vehicle. It consited of the main craft (Cassini) and a probe (Huygens). Partnering together to make the launch possible were NASA, the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA), and the Italian space agency [[Agenzia Spaziale Italiana]]. Over 17 countries worked in some capacity on the project.

The '''Cassini-Huygens Mission''' was a [[spacecraft]] launched by [[NASA]] on October 15th 1997 to explore the planet [[Saturn]] and its moon, [[Titan]]. The payload was carried aloft by a Titan IV-B/Centaur launch vehicle. It consited of the main craft (Cassini) and a probe (Huygens). Partnering together to make the launch possible were NASA, the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA), and the Italian space agency [[Agenzia Spaziale Italiana]]. Over 17 countries worked in some capacity on the project.

The cost of the mission totalled about $3.27 billion, with the United States contributing $2.6 billion and European partners' contributing $660 million.

The cost of the mission totalled about $3.27 billion, with the United States contributing $2.6 billion and European partners' contributing $660 million.