The almost fourhourlong operation of the camera is shown in less than five minutes. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Apollo landing sites watch the nasajpl press briefing announcing cassinis final orbits recorded at jpl on april 4, 2017. For the probe landings 10th anniversary, a new sequence has been rendered from huygens descent imagerspectral radiometer disr data. Jan 12, 2017 now, nasa has shared an absolutely amazing video of this alien world, taken from a probe as it landed on titans surface. Nasa released a video on january 11 to, made from images taken by huygens, to recap the successful landing. Nasa releases video of titan moon landing new footage released by nasa shows exactly what it looks like to land on an alien world. This view was created using images taken during the probes descent, from an altitude of about 6.
Probe landing on titan nasa solar system exploration. This video recaps the stellar landing of huygens on titan. Nasas original mission video of the apollo 11 moon landing originally aired in july 1969. Carried to saturn by nasas cassini spacecraft, huygens made the most distant landing ever on another world, and the only landing on a body in the outer solar system. If youre going to fake a moon landing, youre going to need the worlds most advanced gpus. This weeks 50th anniversary of the landing one of mankinds greatest achievements has inspired us to dramatically step up our own work, enhancing our earlier moonlanding demo with rtx realtime raytracing technology. By using maxwell, our new gpu architecture, to digitally rebuild one of the landings iconic photographs neil armstrongs shot of buzz aldrin clambering down the lunar modules ladder. The european space agencys huygen probe is an amazing bit of technology. This new, narrated movie was created with data collected by. Jun, 2012 see amazing photos from the historic jan. Revisit the first landing of a probe on an alien moon. How our maxwell gpus debunked the apollo 11 conspiracy theory.
Eight years ago this week, a european mission went where no one, or probe, had gone before, saturns huge moon titan, and a new video animation is. Carried to saturn by nasas cassini spacecraft, huygens made the most distant landing ever on. Nasa video simulates huygens historic descent and landing on. Thanks to a new video released by nasa, you can relive the huygens descent to titans surface 12 years after it actually landed. Esas huygens probe was delivered to saturns moon titan by nasas cassini spacecraft, landing on titan on january 14, 2005. The craft landed on saturns largest moon on 14 jan 2005. Video recounts historic landing on saturns moon titan space. Four years ago, our demo team used gpus to debunk the myth that the apollo 11 moon landing was a hoax. Titan is tidally locked to its parent planet, with the. Turing recreates scene of iconic lunar landing nvidia blog. This artists interpretation shows the area surrounding the huygens landing site on saturns moon, titan, based on images and data returned by the probe on jan. Free moon stock video footage licensed under creative commons, open source, and more. This new animation shows us that saturns moon titan has more in common with. The actual sound recording from the huygens probe as it descends through the methane atmospheres of titan, to land on the surface of this moon of saturn.
The long, linear dunes are thought to be comprised of grains derived from hydrocarbons that have settled out of titans atmosphere. How our maxwell gpus debunked the apollo 11 conspiracy. So thoroughly, in fact, that its become a bit of a joke that the best way to have actually faked the moon landing wouldve been to use. Apollo landing sites nasa solar system exploration. The cassinihuygens mission is a cooperative project of nasa, the european space agency and the italian space agency. Aug 29, 2017 the six apollo landing sites are revealed chronologically as the phase and libration of the moon is shown throughout the apollo era. For the probe landing s 10th anniversary, a new sequence has been rendered from huygens descent imagerspectral radiometer disr data. May 10, 2006 europes huygens probe was quite alone when it set down on the surface of saturns moon titan, but two new videos allow viewers to hitch a ride aboard the spacecrafts descent.
The huygens probe made its historic descent to saturns moon titan back in 2005, and nasa recently decided to revisit. Apollo 11 lunar landing demo it was the peak of the cold war, and president john f kennedy responded to years of russian dominance in space by committing that we would take a man to the moon and back again. Apollo 11, moon landing, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin this work is in the public domain in the united states because it is a work of the united states federal government under the terms of title 17, chapter 1, section 105 of the us code. Jan 17, 20 eight years ago this week, a european mission went where no one, or probe, had gone before, saturns huge moon titan, and a new video animation is recounting that historic landing by the huygens. Jan, 2017 the huygens lander revealed a neverbeforeseen world in the landscape of saturns moon titan. Jan 14, 2015 the cassinihuygens mission is a cooperative project of nasa, the european space agency and the italian space agency. Note i have disabled the comments for the reason we all youtube users know. It is the secondlargest moon in the solar system after jupiters moon ganymede, and is larger than the planet mercury, but only 40% as massive. Rtx ray tracing snaps apollo 11 landing into focus nvidia blog. Built and operated by the european space agency esa, it was part of the cassinihuygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on titan and the farthest landing from earth a spacecraft has ever made. Sep 07, 2016 nasas cassini spacecraft has radar vision that allows it to peer through the haze that surrounds saturns largest moon, titan. This video focuses on shangrila, a large, dark area on titan filled with dunes.
Download apollo 11 lunar landing demo nvidia cool stuff. Its been almost fifty years since the apollo 11 moon landing, and the controversy of its staging followed it for many decades after. The huygens lander revealed a neverbeforeseen world in the landscape of saturns moon titan. Jan 14, 2015 for the probe landings 10th anniversary, a new sequence has been rendered from huygens descent imagerspectral radiometer disr data. Taken by nasas huygens probe, the video brings us to the surface of titan, saturns largest moon. Free moon stock video footage 3,452 free downloads. Titan is the sixth gravitationally rounded moon from saturn. It left our little planet and touched down on another world back in 2005, just over 10 years ago it made its landing on. Titan has a radius of about 1,600 miles 2,575 kilometers, and is nearly 50 percent wider than earths moon. The footage has been released by the space agency to mark the approaching end of the nearly 20year cassini mission because the spacecraft is expected to descend in a selfdestruct mission into the fiery planet this year since it is already running low on fuel. Aug 11, 2017 not only was titan fascinating in its own right. A day on titan, about the size of mercury, lasts about 16 days, the same period of time it takes the moon to complete one orbit of saturn. The first minute of the video shows a zoom into images from cassinis imaging cameras. Huygens was an atmospheric entry probe that landed successfully on saturns moon titan in 2005.
Thats 40 times the actual speed up to landing and 100 times the actual speed thereafter. Epic landing on saturns moon titan remembered 10 years later. Nasas next mission will search for signs of life on titan. A mission of this ambitious scale represents a triumph in international collaboration, said earl maize, cassini project manager at nasas jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california. Four years ago, using our maxwell gpu technology, nvidia.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, nvidia is bringing an rtxpowered interactive demo that takes attendees on a trip to the moon and back. Actual footage shows what it was like to land on saturns. Apollo 11 lunar landing demo it was the peak of the cold war, and president john f kennedy responded to years of russian dominance in space by committing that we. Its a voyage of exploration like no other to titan, saturns largest moon and thought to resemble our own early. Oct 14, 2006 landing on saturn moon titan with cassinihuygens photos and the song title alpha by vangelis.
Now, nasa has shared an absolutely amazing video of this alien world, taken from a probe as it landed on titans surface. This was the triumphant landing of esas huygens probe. Landing on saturn moon titan with cassinihuygens photos and the song title alpha by vangelis. Fly a large drone across the surface of the mysterious ocean world to search for the building. Annotations describe the landing sites and the durations on the lunar surface. Built and operated by the european space agency esa, it was part of the cassinihuygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on titan and the farthest landing from earth a. Nasas next mission will search for signs of life on titan, saturns ice moon. Esa revisits huygens historic landing on saturn moon titan. Europes huygens probe was quite alone when it set down on the surface of saturns moon titan, but two new videos allow viewers to hitch a ride aboard the spacecrafts descent. Nasas cassini spacecraft has radar vision that allows it to peer through the haze that surrounds saturns largest moon, titan. Cassini video reels for download nasa solar system exploration. Nov 29, 2016 note i have disabled the comments for the reason we all youtube users know. Lets hope this isnt the last time we make land fall on titan.
Nasa shares video taken by probe that landed on saturns moon. The long, linear dunes are thought to be comprised of grains derived from hydrocarbons that have settled out of titan s atmosphere. Frequently described as a planetlike moon, titan is 50% larger than earths moon and 80% more massive. Celebrate the end of the cassini mission with a look back at when the huygens probes landing on saturns moon titan. Although it may seem the stuff of science fiction, this scene played out 12 years ago on the surface of saturns largest moon, titan. Nasa releases stunning footage of 2005 landing on saturns. Disney ceiling cable connector above the lunar module prop for wires liftoff.
A tribute to the first landing on the moon, with the original radio recording. The probes landing happened back in 2005, though the video itself is new. Jan 14, 2015 this artists interpretation shows the area surrounding the huygens landing site on saturns moon, titan, based on images and data returned by the probe on jan. This recently restored version, posted on youtube, shows the astronauts conducting several tasks during. Europes huygens probe was quite alone when it set down on the surface of saturns moon titan, but two new videos based the landing allow viewers to hitch a ride aboard the spacecrafts descent. The six apollo landing sites are revealed chronologically as the phase and libration of the moon is shown throughout the apollo era. The first part of the movie shows how titan looked to the camera as it acquired more and more images during the probes descent. Titan landing pictures by huygens spacecraft space. What huygens saw on titan new image processing youtube. It may seem like stuff of science fiction, but the scenes in the new video happened in real life, 12 years ago. It allowed us to change the shape and orientation of the orbit to explore the poles of saturn, the rings, and all of the icy moons by carrying a lot less fuel than it would have to have carried otherwise. Esas huygens probe was delivered to titan by nasas cassini. In this video, we will talk about cassinihuygens mission to saturn and the descent video from nasa. Nasa and esa celebrate 10 years since titan landing.
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