The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan.
It was the first ever landing in the outer solar system.
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American Astronomer William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, one of Saturn's moons.
Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.
Two new moons of Saturn were found in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope by Astronomers Amanda S. Bosh and Andrew S. Rivkin.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft became the first to enter Saturn's orbit.