NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has cleared a key hurdle, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to Saturn's huge moon Titan. Dragonfly, a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft designed to ...

Dragonfly, one of the two finalists for the next New Frontiers mission, would send a rotorcraft to Saturn's moon Titan capable of exploring regions tens to hundreds of kilometers apart. Credit: NASA ...

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is the only known moon that contains its own atmosphere denser than Earth's, and is the only known object in space other than Earth that contains stable liquids on ...

NASA's Dragonfly mission is now scheduled to launch in 2028 and arrive on Saturn's moon Titan in 2034. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben WASHINGTON — Citing budget uncertainty, NASA is ...

NASA announced this week that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. In May, the space agency gave the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission ...

NASA has postponed the launch of its Dragonfly mission to Titan until 2028, with formal confirmation of the project not expected until later next year. Reading time 3 minutes NASA has announced a ...

An illustration of the Dragonfly mission soaring over Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA has set a provisional launch date of July 2028 for its Dragonfly mission, meant to explore Saturn’s largest moon Titan, ...

NASA will explore Saturn's "organic-rich moon" Titan using a rotorcraft lander called "Dragonfly," according to the government agency. Dragonfly will launch July 2028 to explore "diverse locations to ...

NASA is sending a drone to Saturn’s largest moon in a bid to learn more about the building blocks of life, and possibly provide answers on how it all kicked off on Earth. The Dragonfly mission to ...

With its vast oceans and methane-filled rivers and lakes, Titan is a prime candidate for the search for extraterrestrial life. While our knowledge of Saturn’s largest moon grew tremendously thanks to ...