NASA Dragonfly - a rotorcraft to explore Saturn's moon Titan
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- #Space Exploration
- #Astrobiology
- Dragonfly is a NASA New Frontiers mission to Titan, designed as an airborne rotorcraft to explore diverse geological sites.
- The mission aims to investigate Titan's prebiotic chemistry and habitability, sampling surface material to analyze for compounds of astrobiological interest.
- Dragonfly will fly every 1-2 Titan days (about 16 Earth days each), covering miles across Titan during its 3.3-year mission.
- Led by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, the mission involves multiple international partners including NASA centers, CNES, DLR, and JAXA.