NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Will Launch NASA’s Most Exciting Mission For Decades
NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in 2028, exploring prebiotic chemistry and searching for biosignatures.
NASA says SpaceX will launch its Dragonfly mission to Saturn
NASA announced that it has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for its ambitious Dragonfly mission that will place a rotorcraft lander at Saturn's moon of Titan as part of its New Frontiers Program.
NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has launched 11 times, all successfully, and is based on the Falcon 9 rocket rated to ferry people into orbit. NASA already certified Falcon Heavy to launch its most expensive robotic missions, such as the Europa Clipper mission, which launched last month.
NASA awards launch services contract for Dragonfly mission to SpaceX
NASA announced Monday that it has selected SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan sometime in July 2028.
NASA's Search for Life: SpaceX to Launch Dragonfly Mission to Saturn's Moon
NASA is teaming up with SpaceX to provide launch services for its upcoming mission to explore Saturn's moon Titan. The space agency announced a $256.6 million contract with SpaceX to support the launch of the Dragonfly mission – a rotorcraft lander mission under NASA's New Frontiers Program,

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NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for potential ocean world missions (video)
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NASA's nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter will ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket toward Saturn moon Titan
NASA has picked SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly astrobiology mission to the intriguing Saturn moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will ...