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MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! Just thought I'd mark today's joyous occasion (unless of course, you live here in the United States and constantly read about politics) by sharing these images I found online of the Dragonfly rotorcraft that will hopefully emerge victorious when NASA announces its fourth New Frontiers space mission in mid-2019. The two screenshots directly below, in particular, totally hype me up in terms of the type of vehicle that will hopefully fly through Titan's atmosphere when it arrives at Saturn's largest moon in 2034 after launching from Florida in 2025. These screenshots came from this fascinating YouTube video, while the video itself was posted on the main mission website for Dragonfly.
All I can say is, next decade could prove to be an exciting one for space aficionados like myself who wish to see another spacecraft join the Europa Clipper in studying an intriguing ocean moon orbiting a gas giant in our solar system. But we'll find out what NASA ultimately selects less than two years from now... Happy Holidays!
Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
APL / Michael Carroll
APL / Michael Carroll
Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
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