Saturn With Moons Tethys and Dione

Voyager 1 was the second spacecraft to study Saturn up close. Launched Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1’s closest approach to Saturn was on Nov. 12, 1980, at a range of about 78,000 miles (126,000 km). A few days earlier, on Nov. 3, 1980, Voyager 1 took these images of Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and Dione. The spacecraft was 8 million miles (13 million kilometers) away when it captured the images.