Weekly - NASA begins building Dragonfly Rotorcraft for Titan mission and more
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NASA begins building Dragonfly Rotorcraft for Titan mission
Recently, NASA has started building its Dragonfly craft that will be used on its mission to explore Saturn’s moon, Titan. Dragonfly is a rotorcraft similar to the Ingenuity Mars helicopter, except it has eight rotors instead of one and is several times larger — about the size of a car. This design will help it easily fly over the oceans of Titan to collect data. While the small Ingenuity helicopter was merely a technology demonstration, it far exceeded expectations, paving the way for future rotorcraft missions.
