Up in the air Cost overruns and delay have hit the drone-like rotorcraft Dragonfly mission to Titan. (Courtesy: NASA/Johns ...

What potential signs of life could exist on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan? This is what NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission hopes to address as this rotorcraft recently advanced past its Critical Design ...

NASA approves new tests for Dragonfly, the nuclear drone that will explore the chemistry of life on Titan starting in 2028.

This is a challenging mission for a number of reasons, beginning with getting down to the surface. Because Titan has a thick atmosphere, it will take about 90 minutes for the spacecraft to descend.

Caption: Artist’s concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Over the last few years, the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars made history by ...

Titan’s atmosphere tilts and shifts seasonally. The discovery shapes future exploration. Researchers at the University of ...

With all the things currently going on in the space exploration industry, and because it is only scheduled to launch four or so years from now, we kind of forgot about NASA's Dragonfly mission. But ...

Artist's concept of Dragonfly. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—Dragonfly, a challenging and costly NASA mission to launch a drone rotocopter to Saturn’s large moon Titan, has completed the agency’s critical ...

NASA’s groundbreaking Dragonfly mission is one step closer to its 2028 launch after successfully passing its Critical Design Review (CDR), as reported in a recent NASA Science blog post. The mission ...

NASA announced this week that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. In May, the space agency gave the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission ...

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