Dragonfly
Dragonfly is NASA's New Frontiers rotorcraft-lander mission to Titan. The Johns Hopkins APL-led, MMRTG-powered octocopter will travel inside a cruise stage and aeroshell, arrive in late 2034, and fly between 20-30 sites during a planned 3.3-year primary mission to sample surface material, characterize habitability, and investigate prebiotic chemistry.
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Identity
- Aliases
- NASA DragonflyDragonfly Titan Rotorcraft
- Name
- Dragonfly
- Status
- planned
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- Description
- Dragonfly is NASA's New Frontiers rotorcraft-lander mission to Titan. The Johns Hopkins APL-led, MMRTG-powered octocopter will travel inside a cruise stage and aeroshell, arrive in late 2034, and fly between 20-30 sites during a planned 3.3-year primary mission to sample surface material, characterize habitability, and investigate prebiotic chemistry.
- Destination
- Saturn’s moon Titan, where an airborne rotorcraft will visit multiple surface sites to investigate habitability and prebiotic chemistry
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Planned and in flight-system integration. NASA contracted a July 5-25, 2028 Falcon Heavy launch period from LC-39A; the rotorcraft is targeted to arrive at Titan in late 2034 and conduct repeated flights and surface sampling during a 3.3-year primary mission.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2028-07
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dragonfly/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)
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- Creation Time
- April 12, 2026 at 22:30:56 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:53:56 UTC
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- Dragonfly NASA Dragonfly Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft
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