The Exploration Of Saturn Including Flybys, Orbiters, Future Missions, And Proposed Missions

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The exploration of Saturn has been solely done by robotic probes. Like all gas giants, there is no solid surface for a s... Read more

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.

The exploration of Saturn has been solely done by robotic probes. Like all gas giants, there is no solid surface for a solid probe to land on. Most missions therefore have been flybys, although the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is currently in orbit. Saturn was first visited by Pioneer 11 in September 1979. The probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 flew past Saturn in the early 1980s, studying the planet, its rings and its moons. This book studies exploration of Saturn including the Pioneer plaque, the Huygens probe, the Lakes of Titan, and the Kronos.

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