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Dragonfly is a planned NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. It is planned to be launched in July 2028 and arrive in 2034. It is planned to be launched in July 2028 and arrive in 2034.
Recently, NASA selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the Dragonfly aerial probe to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The selection constitutes another win for Elon Musk’s launch company.
Understanding these geological dynamics on Titan helps scientists study methane’s affect on our own atmosphere as well as prepare astronomers for when NASA’s Dragonfly mission arrives at the ...
The two finalists, CAESAR and Dragonfly, each received $4 million funding through the end of 2018 to further develop and mature their concepts. [39] On June 27, 2019, NASA announced the selection of Dragonfly as the New Frontiers 4 mission for a launch in 2026, [40] later delayed to July 2028. [23]
Dragonfly (Titan space probe), a planned NASA rotorcraft and lander for a mission to Titan Project Dragonfly (space study) , a conceptual design study for a laser-propelled interstellar probe Computing
Project Dragonfly is the first conceptual design study that assesses the feasibility of a laser-propelled interstellar probe, conducted by the Initiative for Interstellar Studies. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contrary to past unmanned interstellar mission studies such as Project Daedalus and Project Icarus , the focus is particularly on a small spacecraft. [ 2 ]
NASA’s Psyche mission aims to lift off October 12 — and be the first to explore a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planetary building block.
He currently serves as Mission Architect of Dragonfly, NASA's fourth selected New Frontiers mission, [3] [4] and as participating scientist on Akatsuki [5] and InSight. [6] He is a Co-Investigator on the SuperCam instrument on the Perseverance rover, responsible for interpreting data from its microphone.