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World Service,20 Dec 2004,22 mins

Cassini-Huygens Probe - running rings around Saturn

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A report on one of the most ambitious interplanetary probes of our time. Richard Hollingham follows the progress of the Cassini-Huygens probe, sent to look at the planet Saturn and its moons. The 1.5 billion kilometre journey took the probe through some of the worst conditions in the solar system.

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