Dragonfly tunnel visions

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2023

With its dense atmosphere and low gravity, Saturn's moon Titan is a great place to fly. But well before NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft lander soars through Titan's skies, researchers on Earth - led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland - are making sure their designs and models for the nuclear-powered, car-sized drone will work in a truly unique environment