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On This Day November 12 1980 – The Space Probe Voyager Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn

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On This Day November 12 1980 – The Space Probe Voyager Made Its Closest Approach to Saturn.

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 stunning photographs and groundbreaking data that transformed our understanding of Saturn and its many moons, including Titan, which was shown to have a thick atmosphere filled with complex organic...
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