We're Sending a Drone to Saturn's Moon Titan! | SciShow News

NASA is sending a robot to Saturn’s giant moon Titan and instead of landing, orbiting, or driving when it gets there, this mission will fly.

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Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-dragonfly-will-fly-around-titan-looking-for-origins-signs-of-life
http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/docs/34_03-Lorenz.pdf
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Images:
http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/Gallery/#Gallery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cassini_Saturn_Orbit_Insertion.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huygens_surface_color_sr.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selk_crater_on_Titan.jpg
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