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.
Voyager is providing intriguing new information which should help us to
understand how the Earth—and possibly the universe—was formed. Already
there have been surprises and puzzles that paint a completely new
picture of Saturn and its neighborhood, including the discovery of three
new moons, startling information about Saturn’s rings, and observation
of the unexpectedly complex structure of Saturn’s atmosphere and that of
its largest moon, Titan. It will take years for scientists to assimilate
completely the information which is cascading down from Voyager. What
more will this marvel of technology have to tell us before it departs
the solar system to travel endlessly among the stars?
Robert A. Frosch, _Administrator_
_National Aeronautics and Space Administration_
December 1980
The date of each photograph and the distance of the spacecraft from the
planet or satellite are included with each picture.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
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[Illustration: _Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida,
on September 5, 1977, beginning its journey to Jupiter, Saturn, and
beyond._]