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"Dragonfly" Titan explorer drone, NASA funds Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
Jaro_in_Montreal
post Dec 20 2017, 09:04 PM
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Is there a specific website for this Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) concept for a Titan explorer drone?
Looks to be an RTG powered machine, somewhat reminiscent of MSL Curiosity (RTG sticking out the tail end).
But no camera mast, ChemCam, or sampling arm visible in the concept illustration.

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Dec. 20, 2017
RELEASE 17-101
NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon Titan
Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore the prebiotic chemistry and habitability of dozens of sites on Saturn’s moon Titan, an ocean world in our solar system.
Elizabeth Turtle from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is the lead investigator, with APL providing project management.


https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-inv...turn-moon-titan

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- Jaro_in_Montreal   "Dragonfly" Titan explorer drone   Dec 20 2017, 09:04 PM
- - nprev   <shrug> Many, many years ago one of our mods...   Sep 6 2019, 05:17 AM
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|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 6 2019, 05:17 AM) The ...   Sep 6 2019, 05:30 PM
- - tanjent   Centsworth2 and JRehling's point a few posts b...   Sep 7 2019, 03:28 PM
- - rlorenz   I'm not going to wade into a big unstructured ...   Sep 9 2019, 05:19 PM
|- - mrpotatomoto   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Sep 9 2019, 05:19 PM) I...   Sep 10 2019, 02:31 PM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (mrpotatomoto @ Sep 10 2019, 03:31 ...   Sep 11 2019, 11:29 PM
|- - JRehling   It seems safe to say that Titan's surface comp...   Sep 13 2019, 03:04 AM
|- - HSchirmer   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 13 2019, 03:04 AM) ...   Sep 13 2019, 11:48 AM
- - Explorer1   I haven't seen this new geological map mention...   Nov 22 2019, 04:19 AM
|- - Jaro_in_Montreal   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Nov 22 2019, 05:19 AM)...   Nov 22 2019, 07:18 AM
- - volcanopele   Maybe that's referring to the possibility that...   Nov 22 2019, 04:27 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 22 2019, 11:27 A...   Dec 1 2019, 03:59 PM
|- - JRehling   Seriously, thanks for the account, Juramike! ...   Dec 1 2019, 06:59 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (JRehling @ Dec 1 2019, 01:59 PM) O...   Dec 5 2019, 04:07 AM
|- - Steve5304   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Dec 5 2019, 05:07 AM) In...   Dec 6 2019, 02:17 AM
- - Explorer1   In that case, the map's legend could be a bit ...   Nov 22 2019, 10:24 PM
- - centsworth_II   In the text they do say "...now or previously...   Nov 22 2019, 11:06 PM
- - ngunn   I too am glad to see this topic revisited here. I...   Dec 6 2019, 04:40 PM
- - kymani76   Slightly off topic, but still relevant...here is m...   Dec 10 2019, 08:48 PM
- - Daniele_bianchino_Italy   I hope this mission will show us magnificent thing...   Jul 8 2020, 11:12 AM
- - centsworth_II   Huygens was designed to land in liquid, but did no...   Jul 8 2020, 03:06 PM
|- - Decepticon   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jul 8 2020, 10:06 ...   Jul 9 2020, 02:25 PM
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- - nprev   Alright, no more complaining about lakes, which in...   Jul 10 2020, 10:40 AM
|- - JRehling   I'm sorry that Titan is so marvelously diverse...   Jul 11 2020, 10:17 PM
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- - volcanopele   Exactly, and I'm sure that in the next round o...   Jul 12 2020, 12:23 AM
- - Steve G   What's the interaction of the RTG's heat g...   Jul 30 2020, 03:50 AM
- - Explorer1   There will probably be some condensation (even Huy...   Jul 30 2020, 12:22 PM
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- - Explorer1   Thank you for the very detailed response; I could ...   Aug 3 2020, 04:50 AM
- - rlorenz   A paper describing the factors in site selection f...   Feb 8 2021, 02:42 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Feb 8 2021, 06:42 AM) A ...   Feb 9 2021, 02:25 AM
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||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (vjkane @ Feb 9 2021, 07:42 AM) But...   Feb 9 2021, 04:49 PM
||- - JRehling   This is a fascinating read, Ralph. As a starting p...   Feb 9 2021, 08:48 PM
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|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Feb 11 2021, 08:40 PM) J...   Feb 13 2021, 01:30 AM
|- - JRehling   FWIW, another change that Saturn would display in ...   Feb 13 2021, 03:11 AM
- - Steve G   Landing on the Saturn-side would be more than just...   Feb 10 2021, 03:06 PM
- - Explorer1   Not to make this even more of an academic discussi...   Feb 11 2021, 12:51 AM
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|- - Webscientist   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Feb 12 2021, 04:53 AM) C...   Feb 12 2021, 09:17 PM
- - rlorenz   A new post on the Dragonfly website about sampling...   Feb 28 2021, 03:33 AM
- - vjkane   The latest annual GAO (Government Accounting Offic...   May 21 2021, 01:00 AM
- - charborob   According to this article, as of August 2020, the ...   May 21 2021, 11:24 AM
- - Hungry4info   Apparently Dragonfly might get to Titan three year...   Jun 14 2021, 10:35 PM
- - dtolman   For context, assuming the 2027 launch date is the ...   Jun 15 2021, 08:24 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (dtolman @ Jun 15 2021, 12:24 PM) I...   Jun 15 2021, 08:47 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 15 2021, 12:47 PM...   Jun 15 2021, 10:33 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jun 15 2021, 03:33 PM) Cu...   Jun 15 2021, 10:57 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 15 2021, 03:57 PM...   Jun 17 2021, 02:11 PM
|- - Brian Swift   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jun 17 2021, 06:11 AM) I ...   Jun 17 2021, 09:10 PM
- - mcaplinger   Some may recall that a substantial part of the rea...   Jun 17 2021, 10:58 PM
- - vjkane   The Dragonfly science team has just published a pa...   Jul 24 2021, 02:29 PM
- - vjkane   At today's meeting of the Decadal Survey, the ...   Jul 28 2021, 06:30 PM
|- - JRehling   As a topic that's more general than any one mi...   Jul 29 2021, 03:07 PM
- - Fox   Many missions like these receive extensions and th...   Dec 31 2021, 05:34 PM
|- - Explorer1   QUOTE (Fox @ Dec 31 2021, 01:34 PM) Many ...   Dec 31 2021, 07:06 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Fox @ Dec 31 2021, 09:34 AM) Many ...   Dec 31 2021, 08:13 PM
|- - vjkane   Sorry for the duplicate post. Not seeing the delet...   Dec 31 2021, 09:33 PM
||- - JRehling   Given the combination of mobility, the complexity ...   Jan 1 2022, 03:19 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (vjkane @ Dec 31 2021, 03:13 PM) it...   Jan 1 2022, 03:32 AM
- - rlorenz   Video of Dragonfly navigation systems being tested...   Jan 13 2022, 08:09 PM
- - nprev   Thanks, Ralph! Very cool, as of course is the ...   Jan 14 2022, 01:53 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 13 2022, 08:53 PM) Qui...   Jan 14 2022, 02:40 AM
- - nprev   Thank you! Vastly informative as per your usua...   Jan 14 2022, 03:13 AM
- - Fox   Yes, this is such an interesting subject! I...   Jan 16 2022, 01:58 AM
- - Decepticon   Do the cameras compensate for the low light levels...   Jan 16 2022, 05:41 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jan 15 2022, 09:41 PM...   Jan 16 2022, 06:29 PM
|- - StargazeInWonder   Here is a composite of three images from Ralph, et...   Jan 24 2022, 02:02 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (StargazeInWonder @ Jan 23 2022, 06...   Jan 24 2022, 10:06 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (StargazeInWonder @ Jan 23 2022, 09...   Jan 25 2022, 02:49 AM
- - Tom Tamlyn   Interesting article in Aerospace America: QUOTE ...   Oct 27 2022, 01:35 PM
- - Bill Harris   Indeed interesting. And Ralph's book on the I...   Oct 28 2022, 07:06 PM
- - climber   About recent Dragonfly PDR : https://scitechdaily....   Apr 3 2023, 07:24 AM
- - vikingmars   QUOTE (climber @ Apr 3 2023, 09:24 AM) Ab...   Apr 4 2023, 09:38 AM
- - StargazeInWonder   Great work by the Dragonfly team. The article ref...   Apr 4 2023, 02:51 PM
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