How many times has Saturn been visited?

Four spacecraft have flown by Saturn so far. In 1979, Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by and study Saturn up close. Voyager 1 flew by in 1980 and Voyager 2 in 1981. These spacecraft studied many of the moons of Saturn as well. In July 2004, the Cassini spacecraft reached Saturn. read more

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been on an epic road trip, as this graphic of its orbits around the Saturn system shows. This picture traces Cassini's orbits from Saturn orbit insertion, on June 30, 2004 PDT, through the planned end of the mission, on Sept. 15, 2017. read more

No person has. A few space probes have been to and past the planet such as the Voyager programs. Man has not been farther into space than orbiting the far side of the moon.. read more