1988 Year only organization established

Italian Space Agency: established

Category: Organizations and People › Type: Organisation founded

• Space policy

National

Italian Space Agency: established.

2004-07-01 orbital insertion

Cassini enters Saturn orbit

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

Mission: Cassini

Cassini became the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

2005-01-14 planetary landing

Huygens lands on Titan

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

Mission: Huygens

ESA’s Huygens probe descended through Titan’s atmosphere and transmitted from its surface.

2017-09-15 mission end

Cassini mission ends at Saturn

Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere in a planned final descent.