By Jonathan O'Callaghan Until 10 years ago our knowledge of the Saturnian system was limited to three brief flybys by three Nasa spacecraft: Pioneer 11 in 1979, Voyager 1 in 1980 and Voyage in 1981. But that all changed when Cassini-Huygens arrived on 30 June 2004 and entered orbit around Saturn, the first manmade spacecraft ever to do so. Since then it has made numerous groundbreaking discoveries, including lakes on the moon Titan and giant storms on Saturn, and today it celebrates a decade orbiting the planet. Today the Cassini spacecraft, artist's illustration shown, celebrates 10 hugely successful years in orbit around Saturn. During this time it has dramatically increased our knowledge of this fascinating planetary system, revealing vast bodies of liquid on the surface of Titan, giant storms on Saturn and much more
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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Cassini probe arriving at Saturn
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It launched on 15 October 1997 from Florida and entered orbit 7 years later
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Since its arrival it mas made numerous discoveries in the planetary system
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These include landing a probe on Titan and spotting liquid on its surface
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It also revealed giant storms on Saturn and spotted ice volcanoes on moons
‘By having a decade there with @placeholder, we have been privileged to witness never-before-seen events that are changing our understanding of how planetary systems form and what conditions might lead to habitats for life.’