“Dragonfly'” drone could fly across Saturn’s moon Titan | Scientific American

by Alex Kirkpatrick

28 April 2017

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A relocatable lander could explore the hazy skies of Saturn’s intriguing moon Titan, according a new mission proposal. As the eight-bladed whirlybird travels across the moon, it could investigate some of the most promising potentially habitable sites on the Saturn satellite, where methane and ethane fall from the sky and flow as rivers and lakes.

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