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Voyager 1 Meets the Ringed Planet
November 12, 1980 · Voyager 1 flew past Saturn
On November 12, 1980, 46 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 swept past Saturn and sent home sharp pictures of its rings and moons. That same day it skimmed close to Titan, a moon wrapped in thick orange haze. The Titan flyby bent Voyager's path up and away from the other planets, so it could never visit Uranus or Neptune. Instead it kept going, and in 2012 it became the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. Sometimes giving up one goal makes a greater discovery possible.
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