Episode
Horizon: Resolution on Saturn - The Moons
Overview
Horizon presents the second episode of a two part documentary on NASA's unmanned Voyager 1 spacecraft and the data it has sent back from the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1981-04-13
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Resolution on Saturn - The Moons is Episode 15 in 1981 of Horizon. It aired on 1981-04-13. The runtime is 60 min.
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