"NASA's Epic Dragonfly Mission: Giant Drone Set to Explore Saturn's Moon Titan"
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NASA has confirmed the Dragonfly mission, a $3.35 billion project set to launch in July 2028, which will fly a drone-like craft around Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, to explore its unique environment with weather, liquid, and potential building blocks of life. The mission aims to search for chemical biosignatures, investigate the moon’s active methane cycle, and explore prebiotic chemistry in the atmosphere and on the surface. Dragonfly will reach Titan in 2034 and conduct a two-year mission, taking samples and pushing the boundaries of rotorcraft exploration outside of Earth.
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