The Sky at Night · SEASON 24

Voyager I Reaches Saturn

Episode 12 · 1980-11-20

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Episode overview

After a journey of over three years, Voyager 1 has reached Saturn-800 million miles from Earth. Last year the spacecraft bypassed Jupiter and sent back the most spectacular images ever seen of the planet and its satellites. Now it has arrived at Saturn and is transmitting pictures and scientific information about this most beautiful planet. Patrick Moore reports from the Mission Control Centre for Voyager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, with Dr Garry Hunt , and discusses the results with the American scientists responsible for the mission.

Season 24 episodes

1. Mapping the Sky1980-01-10 2. Saturn: The Disappearing Rings1980-02-07 3. The Man Who Discovered a Planet1980-03-20 4. The Multiple Mirror Telescope1980-04-17 5. Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy1980-05-13 6. Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope1980-06-10 7. Quasars1980-07-10 8. The Mapping of Venus1980-08-06 9. Meteor Crater1980-09-04 10. Autumn Equinox1980-10-01 11. The Scintars1980-10-28 12. Voyager I Reaches Saturn1980-11-20 13. The Quadrantids1980-12-07