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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions

6. Saturn probe

March 08, 2011, 2:55 p.m. ET

By Pete Spotts Staff writer

This medium-class mission would send a probe to conduct detailed studies of Saturn's atmosphere. Titan, one of Saturn's moons, has already had its atmosphere studied by the Huygens probe – Europe's contribution to the Cassini-Huygens mission.

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Europa or bust? Maybe not. Top 9 priorities for planetary research missions

6. Saturn probe

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