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Robotic Dragonfly Selected to Fly Across Titan

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 3, 2019 is “Robotic Dragonfly Selected to Fly Across Titan,” a video. It is credited to Video Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab.. The original explanation runs about 155 words.

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From the explanation

“If you could fly across Titan, what would you see? To find out and to better explore this exotic moon of Saturn , NASA recently green-lighted Dragonfly , a mission to Titan with plans to deploy a helicopter-like drone.”

— APOD editors, July 3, 2019

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
July 3, 2019
Type
Video
Credit
Credit: Video Credit: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab.
Copyright
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Explanation length
About 155 words

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