NASA's eight-rotor Dragonfly drone just finished a crucial test, which confirmed the spacecraft's design and will allow the ...

"Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly's mission design, fabrication, integration and test plans are all ...

Dragonfly, NASA's nuclear-powered rotorcraft-in-progress, has cleared a pivotal checkpoint, the agency announced Thursday. Dragonfly's critical design review—required for all of NASA's unmanned ...

Titan is a strange world, at -300 degrees Fahrenheit, and shrouded in a jaundiced smog. Similar to Earth, the atmosphere is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan, capturing the first evidence of ...

What potential signs of life could exist on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan? This is what NASA’s upcoming Dragonfly mission ...

Artist's concept of Dragonfly. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—Dragonfly, a challenging and costly NASA mission to launch a drone rotocopter to Saturn’s large moon Titan, has completed the agency’s ...

Evaporation, condensation, precipitation on my mind. This is the (methane?!) cycle, and it happens all the time! 🎶 Webb provided evidence for cloud convection on Saturn’s moon Titan, the only other ...

The Dragonfly project is part of NASA’s New Frontiers program, with a staggering price tag of $3.35 billion (£2,507,775,977.) The nuclear helicopter's main goal is to explore Titan’s surface and ...

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben 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 ...

Dragonfly's critical design review—required for all of NASA's unmanned missions—involved a close inspection of the mission's design, fabrication, integration, and test plans, all of which were ...