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8 Years from Now, NASA Will Send a Nuclear-Powered Helicopter Into Titan's Atmosphere Where It Rains Methane - 19FortyFive

By Harrison Kass

Dragonfly will fly a car-sized, nuclear-powered rotorcraft across Titan, the only world besides Earth with stable liquid on its surface - liquid methane and ethane.

Roughly in December 2034, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will send a nuclear-powered rotorcraft to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, creating an opportunity to send a flying planetary laboratory to another wor… [+5329 chars]

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8 Years from Now, NASA Will Send a Nuclear-Powered Helicopter Into Titan's Atmosphere Where It Rains Methane - 19FortyFive

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