NASA has chosen its next planetary mission, which will send a flying rover called Dragonfly to Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It will not have wheels, but will fly through the atmosphere using ...

Dragonfly—which won’t look like a little backyard drone, but more like a flying Mars rover—will spend 2.7 years making a couple dozen flights around Titan.

An artist's impression of NASA's Dragonfly mission against the landscape of Saturn's moon Titan. Recent results from the Curiosity Rover failed to turn up signs of life but it has helped pinoneer ...

If there’s one thing you can definitely say about NASA, it’s that they sure do like to plan ahead. Despite more pressing ambitions like returning to the Moon, launching a new Mars rover, and ...

Launching in 2027, Dragonfly is a rotorcraft that will arrive in 2034 and explore Titan from the air. Its range will be far greater than that of a wheeled rover, with Dragonfly capable of covering ...

About 800 million miles (1.2 billion kilometers) from Earth lies cloud-cloaked Titan, largest of Saturn's 146-strong retinue of moons. In this dark, subfreezing patch of the outer solar system ...

In some ways, the process looks similar to how NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars in 2021, a dramatic event that was captured by high-definition cameras.

NASA has been given the go-ahead to send a flying drone-like lander to explore Titan, the largest of Saturn’s 146 moons, in a mission that will launch in July 2028. The launch is set for July ...

A new NASA mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives in the mid-2030s, ... (SAM) instrument suite aboard the Curiosity rover.

NASA is teaming up with rocket-maker SpaceX for its upcoming mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan, and the mission could return some fascinating results.

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, imaged here in front of its host planet and its rings by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Credit: ... (SAM) tool aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover.