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    Arriving at Titan: How Dragonfly’s Entry, Descent, and Landing will differ from Mars missions

    by Chris Gebhardt January 27, 2023
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    Since the focus on Martian exploration ramped up in the mid-1990s, most of the familiarity with the Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) sequence of landers and rovers to the surface of other planets has taken place against the backdrop of Mars.

    But when NASA‘s upcoming Dragonfly mission arrives at Titan for its own EDL, it will experience a starkly different set of conditions that both add new complexity and ease some structural considerations for the system that will deliver the rotorcraft into Titan’s atmosphere.

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    YIR (Part II) – Lunar and Saturnian exploration captures public’s attention

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    SLS capability touted for Europa Lander capability, Enceladus sample return

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