Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn
Publisher: NASA 1980
Number of pages: 51
Description:
The pictures assembled in this publication are a part of the rich and varied harvest of information returned by Voyager 1 across nearly a billion miles of interplanetary space. These images are of great beauty as well as great scientific interest, serving to remind us of the awesome and breathtaking dimensions of the solar system we inhabit.
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