DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane ONE OF NASA'S MOST EXCITING SPACE MISSIONS Source: NASA NASA just confirmed a multi-billion-dollar space mission to Saturn's largest Moon Titan - the world in space most similar to Earth. Here are the key facts: Called the Dragonfly mission Involves flying a drone-like spacecraft around Titan Titan has water, an atmosphere, mountains, oceans, valleys and perhaps the building blocks of life Dragonfly is a $3.5 billion mission Will launch July 2028 and reach Titan in 2034 Will explore the surface via a rotorcraft-lander for 2 years Also will search for signs of life, including ancient life and explore Titan's methane cycle NASA considers Dragonfly one of its most exciting and promising missions and adds it will push the boundaries of what rotorcraft can do in space. ARE WE ON THE BRINK OF WEATHER WARS?