More than fifty years before the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon, Titan, Time magazine had a cover story about the possibility. Great illustration by one of the best illustrators ever, Boris Artzybasheff. Link (Thanks, amber figbee!)
Time cover from 1952 shows Titan space probe landing
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