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High tech mission to Titan!


What is the name of this mission and what does it look like?
 The name of this mission is Dragonfly and it is a quadcopter. A quadcopter is a drone that has 4 rotors.


 (Dragonfly drone image from NASA)

Where did it get its body design and what will it do?
 So, why was it a drone when it could be a rover? Well, rovers are really slow and we want to cover more ground so you also have a drone. A drone can definitely cover more space than a rover because you won't encounter land obstacles. Dragonfly will build on the current understanding we have from our telescopes and the Cassini-Huygens mission. It will gather more data about the atmosphere while it is flying and will go to specific landing sites to drill rock samples and analyze them. Also Dragonfly will have to navigate Titan by itself because sending instructions from NASA to Dragonfly will take hours.

Why is NASA going to send Dragonfly to Titan?
 NASA wants to send Dragonfly to Titan to see how Earth might have been in the past. Titan has a large resemblance to Earth in the past. By studying Titan, NASA can see how Earth might have been in the past. Also Titan is a site considered for human colonization. Sending something like Dragonfly can help prepare humans for colonization on Titan. Dragonfly will launch in 2027. I hope you are excited for this awesome mission to Titan!

Bibliography
 Here is a video if you want to go in depth into the Dragonfly mission and learn more about it if you're excited like me for this mission! Also, I got most of the facts in this blog from this video down below.

NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Titan 

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