NASA Confirms 2028 Launch for Dragonfly Mission to Titan
The mission, delayed from its original 2027 date, aims to explore Saturn's moon with a nuclear-powered drone.
- NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan is set for a July 2028 launch, arriving in 2034.
- The mission's cost has doubled to $3.35 billion due to design changes and supply chain issues.
- Dragonfly will explore Titan's surface, testing for prebiotic chemical processes.
- The rotorcraft will perform hops across Titan, covering significant distances over its mission.
- This mission marks NASA's first use of a rotorcraft for planetary science outside Earth.