“I’m just sad about the fact that the day has come, that this symbol that we treasure is going to be gone,” Butler said. Butler introduced legislature earlier this year with the hopes of saving Saturn ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, on July 2, 1975, dawn breaks behind the ASTP Saturn IB launch vehicle during the Countdown Demonstration Test. The Mobile Service Structure was ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, Dr. Wernher von Braun stands in front of a Saturn IB launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Flight Center on Jan. 22, 1968.

Webb’s capture of Saturn appears starkly different from past images of the planet—gone are the gas giant’s recognizable bands, and in their place is a darker-looking orb encircled by the rings.