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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
- - 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
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (StargazeInWonder @ Apr 4 2023, 06...   Nov 30 2023, 05:39 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (StargazeInWonder @ Apr 4 2023, 09...   Dec 1 2023, 03:07 AM
- - climber   Good news for la libellule ! https://www.jhua...   Nov 29 2023, 08:38 PM
- - rlorenz   https://science.nasa.gov/missions/dragonfly...itan...   Apr 17 2024, 02:28 PM
|- - john_s   Congratulations to the Dragonfly team (including R...   Apr 17 2024, 06:51 PM
- - vjkane   Looking through the June OPAG presentation on the ...   Jul 5 2024, 09:06 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 5 2024, 02:06 PM) Any...   Jul 5 2024, 09:19 PM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 5 2024, 02:19 PM)...   Jul 5 2024, 11:14 PM
||- - Explorer1   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 5 2024, 07:14 PM) Unf...   Jul 6 2024, 01:36 AM
||- - vjkane   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jul 5 2024, 06:36 PM) ...   Jul 6 2024, 03:22 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 5 2024, 05:06 PM) Loo...   Jul 6 2024, 08:44 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Jul 6 2024, 01:44 PM) Bu...   Jul 6 2024, 09:02 PM
- - Explorer1   Considering that the diagrams in that link (slide ...   Jul 5 2024, 09:25 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jul 5 2024, 02:25 PM) ...   Jul 6 2024, 04:28 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 6 2024, 09:28 AM)...   Jul 6 2024, 08:02 PM
- - vjkane   Thanks to mcaplinger and rlorenz for the informati...   Jul 7 2024, 06:44 PM
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