‘It’s a failed star but a very successful planet.’ ibid. scientist
One celestial object revealed to an Italian polymath [Galileo] that it was special. Secrets of the Solar System s1e7: The Celestial Beauty
‘The Voyager mission had two components, Voyager I & II: each of them would get a gravity assist from Jupiter to go on to Saturn.’ ibid. scientist
Titan would become almost as important a destination as Saturn itself … ‘The only satellite in the solar system with a dense atmosphere.’ ibid.
‘There was methane present in the atmosphere of Titan … The possibility for lakes and oceans on the surface …’ ibid.
Cassini-Huygens: ‘The Huygens’ probe was actually designed to be able to float in liquid as well as land on a solid surface’ … In the summer of 2004 the spacecraft was finally approaching the Saturnian system … ‘Those images I’ll never forget them.’ ibid.
An enormous gas giant of 82 rings at present count orbiting on the outside and within the hundreds of rings of varying shades and colours. ibid.
‘There really is something intrinsic in humans to want to explore.’ Secrets of the Solar System: Pluto & the Outer Planets s1e8, Joel Park, co-investigator of New Horizons
The exploration of the outer Solar System began in the 1970s. And in 1977 a pair of spacecrafts called Voyager I & Voyager II set off to visit the most distant planets, including Uranus and Neptune. Voyager II was the first to leave Earth. ibid.
After Dave Jewitt and Jane Luu’s discovery, thousands more objects were found in he outer solar system. The region became known as the Kuiper Belt. ibid.