A Dragonfly on Titan

On Thursday 27th June NASA announced that Dragonfly had been selected as the next mission in its New Frontiers program. Dragonfly is an ambitious mission to visit and explore Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, and will investigate the potential for life on the distant but exotic world.

Artist’s concept showing the descent, landing and flight of Dragonfly. Credit to NASA.

What Is It?

This mission is an attempt to land a large drone on the surface of Titan. Once safely down on the surface…