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2005 Event - The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan

2000 Event - Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon

1997 Event - U.S. launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn

1989 Event - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon

1981 Event - Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan

1981 Event - Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)

1981 Event - Voyager 2 encounters Saturn

1980 Event - U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn

1980 Event - U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn

1980 Event - Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn

1979 Event - Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings

1978 Event - Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings

1977 Event - Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

1977 Event - Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn

1977 Event - NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

1973 Event - Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn

1968 Event - Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned

1967 Event - 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module

1967 Event - 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V

1966 Event - Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus

1966 Event - Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy

1965 Event - Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket

1964 Event - Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit

1964 Event - Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit

1962 Event - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees

1961 Event - 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test

1961 Event - 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test

1900 Death - James E Keeler, U.S. astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42

1899 Event - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering

1858 Birthday - William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn

1857 Birthday - James E Keeler, U.S., astronomer, rings of Saturn

1848 Event - Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England)

1789 Event - William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn

1789 Event - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus

1787 Event - W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn

1756 Death - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79

1695 Death - Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66

1677 Birthday - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn

1672 Event - Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn

1671 Event - Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn

1655 Event - Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)

1629 Birthday - Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings

1625 Birthday - Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer, 4 moons of Saturn

1514 Event - Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn

1345 Event - Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"













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