November 12, 1980: Saturn’s Rings Successfully Captured in Pictures

Voyager has sent back data that led to several groundbreaking discoveries, including the 15th moon and scans Titan, month Saturn biggest. This is the only month in Solar system which is large enough to hold the atmosphere, mainly because it is larger than the planet Mercury.

Scientists say Titan bears a close chemical resemblance to Earth when life began on our planet about 4,000 million years ago.

The next day the Voyager will continue past Saturn, visiting a few smaller moons down the road. Voyager 1, along with his brother, Voyager 2, has resubmitted revolutionary new images of Saturn’s sister planet, Jupiter.

The missions were only possible because of an event that occurs every 175 years, when the outer planets of the Solar System come into alignment that allows the spacecraft to travel to each planet in turn.

The two Voyagers each carry a time capsule containing images, sounds of nature, and music from Earth in case they have to face creatures outer space during their journey into space. Voyager 2, is scheduled to reach Saturn in August next year (1981).

Reporter: Cindy Damara

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