NASA has confirmed its Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan. The decision allows the mission to progress to completion of final design, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft and science instruments. “Dragonfly is a spectacular science mission with broad community interest, and we are excited to take the next […]
The catch in this one is not a planetary body, but for science. Ingenuity was a technological demonstrator without any scientific instrumentation on board. I’m sure someone will use some of its images and flight data for science (probably already did), but its purpose was a proof of concept, not science. Dragonfly goes to Titan to do science.