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Space Water Found: Chapter Two  From 1995 to 1998, the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) tracked down signs of water vapor in the newest stars and some of the oldest stars, and even in the 'void' of interstellar space. Before the project shut down, ISO confirmed visual observations about water surrounding Mars and the Saturn moon Titan. Water on Saturn's Moon Titan Titan is too cold to support life, but is similar to Earth in several ways. It has an Earth-like, nitrogen-based atmosphere and scientists believe its surface is probably coated with the residue of a sticky brown organic rain. Titan is the focus of a $3.3 billion Cassini-Huygens mission, a joint venture between NASA and European Space Agency designed to explore this moon of Saturn in the year 2004. CLICK THE FOLLOWING TO LINK WITH VIDEO OF THE CASSINI MISSION: www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini/movies/index.html Next: Water That Falls to Earth
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| See for Yourself— Artist's rendition of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). To learn more about the ISO click to http://isowww.estec.nl/ |
