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NASA advances Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered Titan drone aimed for 2028

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NASA advances Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered Titan drone aimed for 2028
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NASA has begun building and testing Dragonfly, a nuclear-powered rotorcraft that will explore Titan’s atmosphere and surface. After months of integration and power/instrument testing at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Dragonfly is on track for a 2028 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, with further system testing at Lockheed Martin and Kennedy Space Center to study Titan’s chemistry, geology and potential clues to life.

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  1. NASA begins building nuclear-powered Dragonfly drone for 2028 launch to Saturn moon Titan  Space
  2. Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage  Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  3. NASA Officially Begins Testing the Nuclear-Powered Dragonfly Drone for Titan Mission  The Daily Galaxy
  4. OUR SPACE: NASA���s Dragonfly is taking shape  The Union-Recorder
  5. NASA's first helicopter headed to another moon: In 2034, Dragonfly will land on Titan, fly through Saturn's icy atmosphere with eight car-sized rotors, and hunt for signs of prebiotic chemistry that could reveal how life began.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

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