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On this day November 12 1980, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn, passing just 77,000 miles above the planet’s cloud tops. The encounter provided humanity with its most detailed view of the gas giant and its magnificent ring system at the time. The mission revealed...
On this day August 25 1981, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn, flying within 41 thousand kilometers of the gas giant. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 had already passed by Jupiter in 1979 and was continuing its historic journey through the outer solar system.
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