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List of years in science (Table)
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197719781979 1980 198119821983
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The year 1980 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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Astronomy and space exploration

  • November 12 - Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn when it flies within 77,000 miles (124,000 km) of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.

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