NASA'S Dragonfly rotorcraft is scheduled for a 2028 journey to Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which is located 746 million miles from Earth.

Testing is now underway on NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft, a nuclear-powered, car-sized aerial drone that will look for potential precursors to life on Saturn's moon, Titan.

NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben Dragonfly is NASA’s only mission to the surface of another ocean world. It’s expected to reach Titan in 2034 after launching from Earth in 2027.

NASA has been given the go-ahead to send a flying drone-like lander to explore Titan, the largest of Saturn’s 146 moons, in a mission that will launch in July 2028.

Dragonfly will be an octocopter capable of surviving the loss of at least one rotor or motor. The aircraft should have a speed of ~36km/h (21mph) and can fly at up to 4km in altitude, in ...

The final version of Dragonfly, which is expected to launch in 2027, will be the size of a small car. The current "Earth Demonstrator Drone" is half as large but uses the same stacked dual rotor ...

The aim is to land the car-sized drone on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 2034, six years after it launches from Earth. Lockheed Martin, which is part of the Dragonfly team led by the John ...

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