The Dragonfly quadcopter will soar through Titan’s hazy skies and roam its dune seas in search of evidence that the distant ...

"Passing this mission milestone means that Dragonfly's mission design, fabrication, integration and test plans are all ...

Dragonfly, NASA's nuclear-powered rotorcraft-in-progress, has cleared a pivotal checkpoint, the agency announced Thursday.

Credit: NASA HOUSTON—Dragonfly, a challenging and costly NASA mission to launch a drone rotocopter to Saturn’s large moon Titan, has completed the agency’s critical design review (CDR).

The Johns Hopkins APL-led team working on the first rotorcraft designed for scientific exploration on another ocean world has passed its Critical Design Review, a major milestone confirming that ...

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Team X is suggesting major changes to the proposed Orbilander mission to Enceladus.

In an era of reusable rockets and near-daily access to space, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch ...