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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Dragonfly soars to final design phase

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication, known as Phase C. This week on Planetary Radio, we get an update on the mission's progress and new timeline. You'll hear from Bobby Braun, head of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab's Space Exploration Sector, Elizabeth (Zibi) Turtle, the principal investigator for Dragonfly, and Ken Hibbard, mission systems engineer for the spacecraft. If that doesn't convince you that Dragonfly is one of the most epic things humanity has attempted to date, stick around for What's Up with Bruce Betts as he shares even more reasons for us to explore Titan.

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0:00.0

Dragonfly Sores to Final Design Phase, this week on Planetary Radio. I'm Sarah Al Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

0:20.0

NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's Moon Titan has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication known as phase C.

0:28.0

Today we can update on the mission's progress in a new timeline from some of the amazing people at the Johns Hopkins University Applied

0:34.9

Physics Lab.

0:35.9

We'll hear from Bobby Braun, who's the head of the APL space exploration sector.

0:40.8

Elizabeth, also known as Ziby Turtle, the principal investigator for Dragonfly

0:44.6

and Ken Hibbard a mission system engineer for the spacecraft.

0:48.2

If that doesn't convince you that Dragonfly is one of the most epic things humanity has ever attempted to date.

0:56.0

Stick around for what's up with Bruce Betts.

0:58.0

He'll share even more reasons why we should hoof it to Titan along with the new random space fact.

1:04.5

If you love planetary radio and want to stay informed about the latest space discoveries,

1:08.7

make sure you hit that subscribe button on your favorite podcasting platform.

1:12.6

By subscribing, you'll never miss an episode filled with new and awe-inspiring ways to know

1:16.5

the Cosmos and our place within it.

1:21.0

Let's face it.

1:22.0

Humanity has pulled off some seriously astonishing feats in recent times,

1:26.0

but let me tell you, NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan is absolutely next level.

1:32.0

It's the kind of cool that makes me want to call up everyone I

1:34.6

know and ask them if they've heard about this thing. Have you ever wondered why

1:39.2

NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft didn't both visit Uranus and Neptune? I know this sounds like a

1:44.9

tangent but stick with me. We had the chance to revisit those distant worlds so

1:50.0

why did Voyager 1 take a detour?

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