Rowan Tree and Red Thread

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The Huygens probe had successfully restarted its systems and the mission, which could provide clues to how life arose on Earth, was going well, said Roberto Lo Verda, a spokesman for the European Space Agency.

"It has entered the atmosphere, and entered it correctly," Lo Verda said. "We know the batteries are switched on, the parachute has deployed and it has slowed down sufficiently."

posted by Melissa Eddy for Associated Press, turning up now on various newspaper sites (e.g. the Chicago Sun-Times).

Ooh! I'm elated and nervous and excited and and and. Ooh!