NASA is sending a robot to Saturn’s giant moon Titan and instead of landing, orbiting, or driving when it gets there, this mission will fly.
Host: Caitlin Hofmeister
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Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-dragonfly-will-fly-around-titan-looking-for-origins-signs-of-life
http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/docs/34_03-Lorenz.pdf
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/titan/in-depth/
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http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~showman/publications/mitri-etal-2007-lakes.pdf
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/1477.pdf
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Images:
http://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/Gallery/#Gallery
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/868/titan-and-dione/?category=moons/saturn-moons_titan
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/208/peering-through-titans-haze/?category=moons/saturn-moons_titan
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/904/cassini-reveals-surprises-with-titans-lakes/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/the-mysterious-lakes-on-saturns-moon-titan
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/870/views-of-titan-from-different-altitudes/?category=moons/saturn-moons_titan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cassini_Saturn_Orbit_Insertion.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huygens_surface_color_sr.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA20713-Titan-SaturnMoon-LabeledFeaturesIAU-June2015.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selk_crater_on_Titan.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30695
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/osiris-rex-debuts-new-bennu-images
sa.gov/image-feature/jpl/jupiter-marble
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041028.html
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