NASA Science Live: NASA's Next New Frontiers Mission [Special Edition]
NASA has announced that our next destination in the solar system is the unique, richly organic world Titan. Advancing our search for the building blocks of life, the Dragonfly mission will fly multiple sorties to sample and examine sites around Saturn’s icy moon.
Dragonfly will launch in 2026 and arrive in 2034. The rotorcraft will fly to dozens of promising locations on Titan looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and Earth. Dragonfly marks the first time NASA will fly a multi-rotor vehicle for science on another planet; it has eight rotors and flies like a large drone. It will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere – four times denser than Earth’s – to become the first vehicle ever to fly its entire science payload to new places for repeatable and targeted access to surface materials.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Graphic designer
- Matthew Schara (National Institute of Aerospace)
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Graphics
- Elizabeth C. Wilk (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Editor
- Michael Randazzo (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Engineer
- Pat Kennedy (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Hosts
- Grey Hautaluoma (NASA/HQ)
- Sophia Roberts (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Talents
- Curt Niebur (NASA/HQ)
- Elizabeth Turtle (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
- Lynnae Quick (NASA/GSFC)
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Director
- Rich Melnick (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Producer
- Emily Furfaro (MORI Associates)
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Technical director
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Associate producers
- Scott Bednar (National Institute of Aerospace)
- Seth Robinson (National Institute of Aerospace)
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Audio technician
- Mike Velle (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- Harrison Bach (Intern)
- Jefferson Beck (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Technical support
- Cassandra Ruiz (Intern)
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Floor director
- Swarupa Nune (InuTeq)