Repair to the Huygens probe
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers examine the Huygens probe after removal from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to the thermal insulation was discovered inside Huygens from an abnormally high flow of conditioned air. The damage required technicians to inspect the inside of the probe, repair the insulation, and clean the instruments.
Cassini-Huygens was a joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI).
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-97PC-1392
Date: September 10, 1997
Repair to the Huygens probe
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers examine the Huygens probe after removal from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to the thermal insulation was discovered inside Huygens from an abnormally high flow of conditioned air. The damage required technicians to inspect the inside of the probe, repair the insulation, and clean the instruments.
Cassini-Huygens was a joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI).
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-97PC-1392
Date: September 10, 1997