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=== ''Dragonfly'' ===
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The [[Dragonfly (Titan space probe)|''Dragonfly'']] mission, developed and operated by the [[Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory]], is scheduled to launch in July 2028.<ref name="sn-20231128">{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-postpones-dragonfly-review-launch-date/ |title=NASA postpones Dragonfly review, launch date |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref> It consists of a large drone powered by an [[radioisotope thermoelectric generator|RTG]] to fly in the atmosphere of Titan as [[New Frontiers program|New Frontiers]] 4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1144334797101260800|title=New Science Mission to Explore Our Solar System|last=Bridenstine|first=Jim|date=June 27, 2019|website=Twitter|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127140150/https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1144334797101260800|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYT-20190627">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=David W. |title=NASA Announces New Dragonfly Drone Mission to Explore Titan – The quadcopter was selected to study the moon of Saturn after a "Shark Tank"-like competition that lasted two and a half years. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/science/nasa-titan-dragonfly-caesar.html |date=June 27, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520124851/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/science/nasa-titan-dragonfly-caesar.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its instruments will study how far [[prebiotic chemistry]] may have progressed.<ref name="dragonfly">[https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/docs/DragonflyTechDigestAPL.pdf Dragonfly: A Rotorcraft Lander Concept for Scientific Exploration at Titan]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053305/https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/docs/DragonflyTechDigestAPL.pdf |date=December 22, 2017 }} (PDF). Ralph D. Lorenz, Elizabeth P. Turtle, Jason W. Barnes, Melissa G. Trainer, Douglas S. Adams, Kenneth E. Hibbard, Colin Z. Sheldon, Kris Zacny, Patrick N. Peplowski, David J. Lawrence, Michael A. Ravine, Timothy G. McGee, Kristin S. Sotzen, Shannon M. MacKenzie, Jack W. Langelaan, Sven Schmitz, Larry S. Wolfarth, and Peter D. Bedini. Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Pre-publication draft (2017).</ref> The mission is planned to arrive at Titan in the mid-2030s.<ref name="NYT-20190627" />