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   ocr: TOMORROW In the future, other key ESA scientific projects include: Huygens probe; MARS EXPRESS; ROSETTA, FIRST/Planck and Solar Orbiter. ESA's HUYGENS probe is currently en route to Saturn's enigmatic moon aboard NASA's Cassini orbiter (launched on 15 October 1997). After a seven year journey, in November 2004 Hugyens will parachute down through Titan's clouds to the surface, analy- sing the physical and chemical environment. Titan is particularly tascinating to scientists because it is thought to resemble a very young Earth. SMARTT is the first of the Small Missions for Advanced Research in l ...