A Drone as Big as Your Car... on Another World - Intrepid Museum Astro Live

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NASA’s Dragonfly mission will be the first rotorcraft ever sent to explore another world, bringing science fiction to life. About the size of a small car, this nuclear-powered octocopter will take advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere to fly across its varied landscapes — from ancient impact craters to organic-rich dunes — all while carrying a sophisticated suite of scientific instruments. Dragonfly will land, sample, and discover as it searches for the building blocks of life and pieces together Titan’s complex history. Hear from experts at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, the team leading this ambitious mission, as we explore how Dragonfly will reveal the secrets of this alien moon and expand our search for life beyond Earth. ----------------------------------------- The event is produced by Kevin Michael Reed, hosted and co-produced by Elysia Segal of Intrepid Museum and John Galloway of NSF - NASASpaceflight.com. You can find more information here: https://intrepidmuseum.org/virtual-astro-live-november-16 ----------------------------------------- If you are interested in using footage captured by this stream, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3