Cassini Huygena
There have been four spacecraft that have visited Saturn. The first was 'Pioneer 11', which was launched on April 5th, 1973. In August of 1977, 'Voyager One' and 'Voyager Two' were both launched to begin their mission to Saturn. 'Voyager One' flew by Saturn on November 1980 and, 'Voyager Two' reached Saturn in the summer of 1981. On October 15, 1997, a European spacecraft, called the Cassini-Huygens was the last to explore Saturn. A fifth spacecraft will be launched from the Cassini called the Huygens probe. This smaller probe was sent to to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
In 2000, the ECM (Electromagnetic Cassini Magnetometer) was part of the Cassini spacecraft, which was launched to study Saturn and its moons. During its mission, Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in July 2004, allowing it to closely investigate the planet's magnetic field and other phenomena. By 2000, however, the spacecraft was still in its early development and preparation stages, as it had not yet launched.
It was launched on October 15, 1997 and entered into orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004.
The Cassini spacecraft is the only spacecraft to have visited Saturn. It orbited the planet from 2004 to 2017, providing valuable data and images of Saturn and its moons.
Saturn was last visited by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which entered the planet's orbit in 2004 and conducted extensive observations until its mission concluded in September 2017. During its time at Saturn, Cassini provided invaluable data about the planet, its rings, and its moons. The spacecraft's final act was a deliberate plunge into Saturn's atmosphere to protect its moons from potential contamination.
According to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website (refer to the link, below), the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched from Florida on October 15, 1997 (EST) and reached Saturn on June 30, 2004 (PDT), which means that it took the spacecraft 6 years, 8 months, 16 days (including the arrival date).
The Cassini probe arrived in orbit around Saturn in July 2004 and, as of October 2016, continues to send information. Its mission is planned to end in September 2017 when it will enter Saturn's atmosphere.
Saturn has not been visited by any humans, only by spacecrafts and probes.The person who discovered it was Galileo.No humans have gone to Saturn, the furthest travellers have been is to the moon. We have sent a few probes to Saturn though, which have sent back detailed pictures and data.
As of October 2023, four man-made spacecraft have orbited Saturn: Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Cassini. Cassini, which had a long and detailed mission from 2004 to 2017, provided extensive data about Saturn and its moons. The other missions contributed valuable initial observations and flybys. No other spacecraft have been specifically designed to orbit Saturn since Cassini's mission ended.
The robots that were sent to Saturn are the Voyager spacecraft, specifically Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Launched in 1977, these spacecraft provided the first detailed images and data of Saturn and its moons during their flybys in the early 1980s. Additionally, the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, conducted extensive studies of the planet, its rings, and its moons.
A spacecraft visited in 2011, not 2012. There is currently one spacecraft in orbit around Mercury. NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe.It was launched on August 3, 2004 and entered orbit on March 18, 2011. NASA has announced that it will extend the mission longer in the harsh environments of Mercury.For more information check the MESSENGER wikipedia article.
Saturn proves a difficult planet to land on, due to its highly volatile atmosphere and storms, but missions have successfully landed probes on its satellites, and observed its atmosphere.September 1979Saturn's atmosphere was first observed by Pioneer 11 at a distance of around 20,000km.November 1980Voyager 1 visited the Saturn systemAugust 1981Voyager 2 arrived to continue the study of the Saturn system that Voyager 1 was doing.July 2004The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered into orbit around Saturn and carried out a close flyby of Phoebe. The Cassini-Huygens craft released the Huygens probe on December 25, 2004 which descended to Saturn's satellite 'Titan' on January 14, 2005.