Saturn Probes
| Spacecraft | Organization | Date | Type | Status | Notes | Image | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer 11 | NASA | 1 September 1979 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter | |||
| Voyager 1 | NASA | 12 November 1980 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter | |||
| Voyager 2 | NASA | 5 August 1981 | flyby | success | previously visited Jupiter, went on to visit Uranus and Neptune | |||
| Cassini | NASA/ ESA/ ASI |
1 July 2004 – | orbiter | success | also performed flybys of a number of Saturn's moons, and deployed the Huygens Titan lander; first spacecraft to orbit Saturn | |||
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Famous quotes containing the word saturn:
“The forehead and the little ears
Have gone where Saturn keeps the years;
The breast where roses could not live
Has done with rising and with falling.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)