Huygens sends its best:
European Space Agency science director David Southwood confirmed the Huygens probe sent the data expected to include pictures and atmospheric measurements up to the Cassini mother ship passing overhead, and Cassini transmitted the information back to antennas on Earth.Applause erupted at mission control in Darmstadt in western Germany as news of the data transmission came in. The data are expected to shed light on what Titan's atmosphere and surface are made of and possibly on the origins of life on Earth.
That's one safe landing for a probe, another giant leap for mankind.
AND THEN: Mission success. Data transmissions have been received planetside. Details — including photographs — should be released soon.
POSTCARD FROM THE ABYSS: The first images are coming in.