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    The exploration of Saturn has been solely performed by crewless probes. Three missions were flybys, which formed an extended foundation of knowledge about...
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    Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about...
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    The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket...
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    Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have an atmosphere denser than the Earth's...
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    Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) was a joint NASA–ESA proposal for an exploration of Saturn and its moons Titan and Enceladus, where many complex phenomena...
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    Mimas (redirect from Exploration of Mimas)
    Mimas, also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is...
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    The rings of Saturn are the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging...
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    particular of high energy waves. Exploration of Mercury Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus...
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    Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Neptune "Revisiting the ice giants: NASA study considers...
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    and explorations of Venus Exploration of the Moon Exploration of Mars Exploration of Ceres Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus...
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    Exploration of Mars Mars landings Mars rovers Mars Rotorcrafts Mars flyby Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune...
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  • mosaic, from left to right: Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The Sun, also a point of light at this distance, is included in the image...
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  • Sun being Saturn Orbit of Saturn Orbit of Saturn Rotation of Saturn Great White Spot Magnetosphere of Saturn Rings Dragon Storm Moons of Saturn S/2009 S...
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    Hyperion /haɪˈpɪəriən/, also known as Saturn VII, is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn. It is distinguished by its highly irregular shape, chaotic rotation...
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    designated Saturn IV, is the fourth-largest moon of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 1,123 km and a density of about 1.48 g/cm3, Dione is composed of an icy...
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    second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a surface area that is comparable to the area of Australia. It is the...
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    The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet...
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    innermost named moon of Saturn. It is approximately 35 kilometres across and 23 km wide and orbits within the Encke Gap in Saturn's A Ring. Pan is a ring...
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    (/ˈfiːbi/ FEE-bee) is the most massive irregular satellite of Saturn with a mean diameter of 213 km (132 mi). It was discovered by William Henry Pickering...
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    Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 S...
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    moon of Saturn and the 18th-largest in the Solar System. It is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest...
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    Historic Exploration of Saturn". jpl.nasa.gov. NASA / JPL. Retrieved September 16, 2017. Kenneth Chang (September 14, 2017). "Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its...
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    further exploration of the Solar System. Exploration of Mercury Exploration of Venus Exploration of Mars Exploration of Saturn Exploration of Uranus Exploration...
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    Pioneer 11 (category Missions to Saturn)
    orbiter Exploration of Saturn Cassini–Huygens, Saturn orbiter and Titan lander, respectively List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System List of missions...
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    The Cassini space probe was deliberately disposed of via a controlled fall into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, 2017, ending its nearly two-decade-long...
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  • Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory...
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    Apollo used the Saturn family of rockets as launch vehicles, which were also used for an Apollo Applications Program, which consisted of Skylab, a space...
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    Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly...
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    Discovery and exploration of the Solar System is observation, visitation, and increase in knowledge and understanding of Earth's "cosmic neighborhood"...
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    Carolyn Porco (redirect from Lady Saturn)
    missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s. She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn. She is an expert...
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