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NASA has confirmed that its exciting Dragonfly mission, which will fly a drone-like craft around Saturn ’s largest moon, Titan , will cost $3.35 billion and launch in July 2028.
Set to reach Titan in 2034, the Dragonfly mission will last for two years once its lander arrives on the surface. During the mission, a rotorcraft will fly to a new location every Titan day to take samples of the giant moon’s prebiotic chemistry. Here’s what else it will do:
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