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Dragonfly is a planned NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.It is planned to be launched in July 2028 and arrive in 2034.
Huygens (/ ˈ h ɔɪ ɡ ən z / HOY-gənz) was an atmospheric entry robotic space probe that landed successfully on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005. Built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), launched by NASA, it was part of the Cassini–Huygens mission and became the first spacecraft to land on Titan and the farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. [3]
Titan experiences storms similar to Earth, but instead of water there is methane and ethane liquids on Titan. [27] Data from Cassini found that Titan experiences dust storms similar to those on Earth and Mars. [28] When Titan is in equinox, strong down-burst winds raise micron-sized particles up from sand dunes and create dust storms.
Profile of Titan's atmosphere compared to Earth's. Titan is thought to be a prebiotic environment rich in complex organic compounds, [65] [138] but its surface is in a deep freeze at −179 °C (−290.2 °F; 94.1 K) so it is currently understood that life cannot exist on the moon's frigid surface. [139]
Ligeia Mare is the large body below the pole, and Punga Mare at half its size is just left of the pole. White areas have not been imaged. Lakes of liquid ethane and methane exist on the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This was confirmed by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, as had been suspected since the 1980s. [2]
Titan is the only object in the outer Solar System where a spacecraft has landed and conducted surface operations. The geology of Titan encompasses the geological characteristics of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Titan's density of 1.881 g/cm 3 indicates that it is roughly 40–60% rock by mass, with the rest being water ice and other ...
first spacecraft to orbit another planet 1971-051A: Mars 2: USSR 27 November 1971 – 22 August 1972 orbiter success first Soviet spacecraft to orbit another planet 1971-045A Mars 2 Lander: USSR 27 November 1971 lander failure crashed; first manmade object to reach surface of Mars 1971-045D PrOP-M: USSR 27 November 1971 rover failure never ...
Titan Submarine is a proposed NASA submarine probe that will visit Saturn’s largest moon Titan, and will plausibly explore either Kraken Mare or Ligeia Mare, two of Titan’s largest lakes. The concept was proposed by Steven Oleson, Ralph Lorenz , and Micheal Paul, technical experts at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio .