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Dragonfly and CAESAR, a comet sample return mission to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, were the two finalists for the New Frontiers program Mission 4, [25] [26] and on 27 June 2019, NASA selected Dragonfly for development with a plan to launch in June 2027. [27] [28] On 3 March 2023, Dragonfly passed its preliminary design review (PDR). [29]
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
Astronomers used the Dragonfly Telephoto Array to discover Dragonfly 44, a galaxy that is roughly as massive as the Milky Way, with 99.9% of its mass composed of dark matter. [9] At the other end of the scale it was also used to discover NGC 1052-DF2 , which measurements with other instruments initially suggested was a galaxy with very little ...
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 upcoming NASA Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan will use one of the two MMRTGs for which the Aerojet Rocketdyne/Teledyne Energy Systems team has recently received a contract. [12] The MMRTG will be used to charge a set of lithium-ion batteries, and then use this higher-power-density supply to fly a quad helicopter in short hops above ...
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]
When the spacecraft completed its long journey home more than a year ago, NASA split up a 120-gram sample, collected in October 2020 from the asteroid Bennu, among researchers around the globe.
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.