Editing 2005 in science (section)

==Space exploration==
*January 14 – The [[Huygens probe|''Huygens'' probe]] is successfully sent into the atmosphere of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and returns science data to Earth via the [[Cassini–Huygens|''Cassini'' orbiter]]. It survives the landing on the surface of Titan and sends pictures and other data for more than an hour afterwards.
*January 26 – [[ESA]]'s [[SMART-1]] begins sending back close range pictures of the lunar surface
*February 7 – [[NASA]] announce budget plans – in the announcement, they state that a mission to service the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] will not take place, and that a robotic mission to deorbit the telescope with a safe descent into an ocean will take place. The [[Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter]] (Jimo) mission is also cancelled.
*February 12 – [[ESA]] successfully launch an Ariane 5 ECA carrying three satellites. The previous attempt to launch the new design of rocket, in December 2002, failed when the rocket deviated from its course minutes into the flight.
*July 4 – The ''[[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact]]'' spacecraft successfully observes the disintegration of its "impactor" section colliding with the [[comet Tempel 1]]. A large number of other [[telescope]]s also provide data on this event.