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NASA Will Send A Drone To Buzz Around Saturn's Largest Moon

The space agency wants to learn more about Titan, an icy body that fascinates scientists because of its similarity to Earth.
This illustration shows NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft lander approaching a site on Saturn's exotic moon, Titan.

A drone called Dragonfly will be buzzing around Saturn's largest moon in 2034, if all goes according to plan.

That's because NASA has a mission to the icy moon Titan for its next major foray out into the solar system.

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