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Dragonfly and Ingenuity: two ways to explore distant worlds

Controlled flight on another world opens new possibilities for exploration. Ingenuity flew on Mars; Dragonfly is designed to study Titan.

NASA image · Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute · NASA image record ↗
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Flying where the air is different

The same laws of physics apply on Mars as on Earth. The conditions differ: the atmosphere is very thin and gravity is lower. Ingenuity was a technology demonstrator designed to test controlled flight on Mars.

A mission to Titan

Dragonfly is a NASA mission designed for Titan, a moon of Saturn with a dense atmosphere and a very cold surface. The multi-rotor vehicle is intended to travel between different locations and study their composition.

Investigating chemistry

Dragonfly will study Titan’s chemistry and conditions relevant to understanding potentially habitable environments. Its goal is not to demonstrate the existence of life directly.