NASA's Cassini spacecraft is nearing its final mission to the ringed planet Saturn. On the other hand, scientists are planning a follow-up mission to its moon Titan with the space lander called "Dragonfly."
Dragonfly is an eight-bladed whirlybird that will travel to the moon, Titan. It is empowered by a multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) that turns heat from degenerating plutonium-238 into electricity. Its energy will last for years or decades. The lander will investigate some of the potentially habitable sites of Titan, in which methane and ethane flow as lakes and rivers. These give an opportunity to search the places that could lead to life, according to NBC News.
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