The impression of an artist from the Rotorcraft of Libellule on the surface of Titan
NASA / JOHNS HOPKINS APL / STEVE GRIBBEN
The NASA dragonfly mission should land on Titan in 2034, giving us an unprecedented overview of Saturn's largest moon – but it may also have to dodge wind rolling rocks.
The mission, which will be launched in 2028, includes a “rotorcraft” which will explore the moon of the sky. We had only one close glimpse of Titan, thanks to the Cassini Orbiter and Huygens probe, which reached the surface in 2005. This mission revealed rounded rock fields as well as radar-brilllant…
