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"
