\<COLOUR 1> CLOSEST APPROACH: \<COLOUR 0> Jupiter - 42,960 km, December 3, 1974 Saturn - 20,900 km, September 1, 1979
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The near-identical Pioneer 11 makes the second encounter with Jupiter and then uses Jupiter's gravity to 'sling-shot' it to the first-ever encounter with Saturn; now known as Pioneer-Saturn, it takes the first close-up pictures of the planet and discovers a new ring (F).