Image of Saturn. Credit: news.discovery.com

On November 12, 35 years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Saturn.

According to this recent story, between its flyby in 1980 and sister craft Voyager 2 the next year, the spacecraft took some of the last close-up views of the planet for more than 20 years.

For more photographs and the full story, follow this link.