Journey to the Gas Giants (Probes Episode #2)

Far beyond the reaches of the four rocky planets, we find our Solar System's showpiece worlds- the two gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn. As the two largest planets, they both make tantalising targets for probes exploring the planetary neighbourhood, but both lie significantly further from the sun than the Earth and its terrestrial neighbours. But early in the 1970s, the technology for deep space voyages was primed, and missions to both Jupiter and Saturn ensued. Those missions make up the topic of our video today, in this second episode of our trilogy of Probes that Studied the Solar System. CHAPTERS:00:00: Welcome Back 01:52: The Gas Giants 04:11: When Planets Align 08:15: Pioneer 10's Journey to Jupiter12:46: Pioneer 11's Jupiter Journey 15:10: Pioneer 11's Saturn Encounter16:59: A Postcard from Humanity 18:46: The Galileo Spacecraft 24:27: Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft29:11: Landing on Titan 32:14: Enceladus' Underground Ocean33:55: Other Studies: Rings & Storms36:52: Cassini's Grand Finale38:38: Future Missions to the Gas Giants42:33: To be Continued...