This is reported by the European Space Agency, the operator of the Huygens spacecraft, which will separate from Cassini in December and land on the moon Titan in January
Avi Blizovsky
The European Space Agency's Huygens spacecraft, currently attached to the American Cassini spacecraft, is in good condition and has successfully passed the full set of tests for the 16th time.
This test is the last in-flight inspection of the spacecraft before the planned separation from Cassini in December. A preliminary analysis of real-time data received from the spacecraft showed that all the activities in the series of tests were carried out as planned and no malfunctions were evident.
The process was carried out 'live' as Cassini transmitted data to the accelerator in real time. However, the actual data was received on Earth one hour and ten minutes late, due to the time it takes for light and therefore also for radio signals to cross the space between Saturn and Earth.
