“Artist’s conception showing Pioneer 11 as it will look passing Saturn in September 1979. Pioneer’s passage of the ringed planet will be the first flight to Saturn, which is 887 million miles from the Sun. Tentative plans call for Pioneer 11 to fly through the space between the inner ring and the planet’s cloud tops, and then to come close to Saturn’s large moon, Titan. Titan’s environment is considered favorable for living organisms. After passing Saturn and photographing and measuring the planet, its rings and moons, the spacecraft will leave the solar system altogether. Pioneer 11 flew past Jupiter in December 1974.”
See also:
www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ac74-90...
www.nasa.gov/image-feature/45-years-ago-pioneer-11-launch...
An interesting inverted variant of this serves as the cover art of the NASA/Ames Research Center publication, "PIONEER SATURN ENCOUNTER":
www.gutenberg.org/files/55695/55695-h/55695-h.htm
Credit: Project Gutenberg website
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Interesting background information on Mr. Guidice:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/this-70s-artist-painted-ou...
www.numulosgatos.org/exhibitions-2/2015/9/17/rick-guidice...
