Just in time for Halloween, a black cat on Titan. All will be explained on this

week's planetary radio. Cherry Radio. I'm Mad Kaplan. Hi everyone and welcome back to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the

Final Frontier.

I'm Matt Kaplan.

As it zipped past Saturn's Moon Titan on October 26,

the Cassini spacecraft peered downward with the best instruments ever to visit the outer

solar system. The images sent back were

astounding and at least so far baffling. We'll relive the fly-by and talk to one of the

missions creators. Bruce Betts has finished his Halloween treats,

but isn't out of tricks.

He'll have a new space trivia question on what's up.

We'll get underway with a handful of space headlines.

NASA has scheduled the return of a space shuttle to orbit.

If preparations continue to go well, discovery, or one of its two remaining sister ships may lift off in mid-May 2005.

The date has been delayed several times in part because of damage caused by the recent

string of hurricanes that buffeted the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The European Space Agency's smart one spacecraft is healthy and on course.

The ion-propelled probe will go into orbit around the moon on November 15.

Check back with planetary radio for more coverage soon.

Looking for something to do on Saturday, November 6th, why not drop by the High School Athletic

Field in St. Louis, Missouri, where the Ansari X Prize will be awarded to Bert

Rutan of Scaled Composites.

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