After overcoming the hurdles of COVID-19 delays and budget overruns, NASA has finally given the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission the go-ahead. This autonomously operated nuclear-powered rotorcraft is set ...

Testing is now underway on NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft, a nuclear-powered, car-sized aerial drone that will look for potential precursors to life on Saturn's moon, Titan. But before Dragonfly can take ...

The fourth in a line of groundbreaking NASA missions that could redefine how we understand life in the universe is set to launch in 2027. NASA's Dragonfly drone is headed for Saturn's largest moon, ...

When NASA's new drone Dragonfly arrives on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, it won't roll across the surface like Curiosity, Spirit, and Opportunity have on Mars. Instead, Dragonfly is a dual-rotor ...

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NASA plans to send an unmanned drone to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Titan resembles an early Earth in several ways, containing a thick atmosphere, liquid lakes and rivers on its surface, and an ...

A decision by NASA this week paved the way for the Dragonfly drone mission to continue to completion. The aim is to land the car-sized drone on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 2034, six years after ...

NASA is taking what it’s learned from its groundbreaking Ingenuity Mars helicopter to create an even more complex flying machine to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Whereas Ingenuity features a ...

Not every drone out there has to have terrifying grabby arms or run on lasers. The BioniCopter is content to just cruise around like the insect that inspired it. No ...

Tiny ribbons that generate electricity when flexed and flex when stimulated with electricity have been developed to flap the wings of mechanical dragonfly spy drones, but the technology can also find ...

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