A Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) proposal for an innovative, highly instrumented rotorcraft that would investigate prebiotic organic chemistry and habitability on Saturn’s largest moon has been selected by NASA as one of two finalists for the agency’s next New Frontiers mission. Dragonfly is a dual-quadcopter lander that would take advantage of the environment…
‘Dragonfly’ Dual-Quadcopter Aims to Explore Titan, Saturn’s Largest Moon
Dragonfly, a New Frontiers-class mission concept that the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has proposed to NASA, would use an instrumented, radioisotope-powered, dual-quadcopter to explore potential habitable sites where life could be developed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The moon is one of a number of “ocean worlds” in our solar system that hold the…
Cool Power: Breakthroughs in Solar Panel Cooling Technology
As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft begins its first historic encounter with the sun’s corona in late 2018 — flying closer to our star than any other mission in history — a revolutionary cooling system will keep its solar arrays at peak performance, even in extremely hostile conditions. Every instrument and system on board Parker…
Cool Power
As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft begins its first historic encounter with the sun’s corona in late 2018 — flying closer to our star than any other mission in history — a revolutionary cooling system will keep its solar arrays at peak performance, even in extremely hostile conditions. Every instrument and system on board Parker…