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NASA’s Dragonfly will land on dunes and shattered ice on Saturn’s moon Titan

NASA’s Dragonfly will land on dunes and shattered ice on Saturn’s moon Titan

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 NASA’s Dragonfly will land on dunes and shattered ice on Saturn’s moon Titan. Scientists have characterised the topography of the region on Saturn's moon Titan where NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft is scheduled to land in 2034. NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft is scheduled to reach the Selk Crater region on Saturn’s moon Titan in the year 2034. Scientists have characterised the landscape of this region by analysing radar images of the area acquired by the Cassini spacecraft during its 13 years of exploring the Saturn system. In short, it is a patchwork of sand dunes and broken-up ice. NASA says that Titan is an ideal destination to study astrobiology, prebiological chemistry and the potential habitability of an extraterrestrial world. This is because it is an ocean world dominated by water and ice with a carbon-rich chemistry. The moon has a subsurface ocean of liquid water, methane lakes and rivers on the surface. There are even methane clouds and rai, along with an atmosphere that will allow Dragonfly to fly. “Dragonfly – the first flying machine for a world in the outer solar system – is going to a scientifically remarkable area,” said Léa Bonnefoy, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, in a press statement. Bonnefoy is a co-author of the study published in The Planetary Science Journal in August. “Dragonfly – the first flying machine for a world in the outer solar system – is going to a scientifically remarkable area,” said Léa Bonnefoy, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, in a press statement. Bonnefoy is a co-author of the study published in The Planetary Science Journal in August. According to the Cornell Chronicle, Bonnefoy and the other researchers used radar images to map six terrains at the site, which helped them characterise the landscape and gauge the rim height of the Selk crater. This is important because knowing the shape of the crater is essential to making sure Dragonfly can correctly explore the region.
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