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Mission / Titan & ocean worlds

Dragonfly

NASA / JHU APL · 2019–now · also Dragonfly rotorcraft

NASA rotorcraft lander that will fly between sites on Saturn's moon Titan; launch is planned for 2028.

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Papers: 6
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EDL Concept of Operations for the Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Titan

Michael J Wright, Robin Vaughan, Michael Robbins, Karl T EdquistAIAA SciTech 2026Jan 12, 2026

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS Surface Mobility & Terramechanics Dragonfly

Jan 12, 2026