EPISODE · Jul 2, 2019 · 4 MIN
NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Hunt for Life on Saturn's Biggest Moon
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
On Wednesday, NASA announced it will send a spacecraft to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and one of the leading candidates for finding extraterrestrial microbial life in our solar system. The Dragonfly mission will involve a small, drone-like rotorcraft lander that will be able to fly in small hops across Titan’s surface, covering more distance during its two-year mission than any planetary rover in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On Wednesday, NASA announced it will send a spacecraft to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and one of the leading candidates for finding extraterrestrial microbial life in our solar system. The Dragonfly mission will involve a small, drone-like rotorcraft lander that will be able to fly in small hops across Titan’s surface, covering more distance during its two-year mission than any planetary rover in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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NASA Will Send a Helicopter to Hunt for Life on Saturn's Biggest Moon
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