> A Titan IVB rocket lifts off carrying Cassini spacecraft. 10/1997
A Titan IVB rocket lifts off carrying Cassini spacecraft. 10/1997
author: Nasa/Novapix
reference: e-lus10-00503
Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 16 cm
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43 a.m. EDT, Oct. 15, from Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station.