NASA’s Dragonfly mission is set to launch in 2026 and arrive on Titan by 2034. The rotorcraft-lander will fly to various locations on Saturn’s mysterious moon looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth. This also marks the first time NASA will fly a multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet. It has a total of eight rotors and flies like a large drone, taking full advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere. Read more for two videos and the new science goals.
Aside from chemical processes, the rotorcraft will also be investigating the moon’s active methane cycle and exploring chemical biosignatures in Titan’s atmosphere and on its surface. The mission is expected to last 2.7-years and will see it travesing organic dunes to the floor of an impact crater where liquid water as well as complex organic materials key to life once existed together for possibly tens of thousands of years.
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