Public Names Can Ride NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Titan

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NASA is inviting the public to add their names to a microchip aboard Dragonfly, its first rotorcraft science mission bound for Saturn's moon Titan, AccuWeather reports. Sign-ups close Jan. 15, 2027, and each participant receives a digital boarding pass. Dragonfly is scheduled to launch in 2028, arrive in late 2034 and spend about 3.3 years flying between sites to sample surface material and search for prebiotic chemistry. The rotorcraft is being assembled at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. Disclosure: This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.

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00:00NASA is offering a free ride to one of the strangest worlds in the solar system.

00:04Names submitted online will be etched onto a microchip.

00:07That ship will fly aboard Dragonfly, a rotorcraft bound for Saturn's moon Titan.

00:13Each participant also gets a personalized digital boarding pass.

00:17Sign-ups close on January 15, 2027.

00:20Dragonfly is scheduled to launch in 2028.

00:23It will travel nearly a billion miles and arrive in late 2034.

00:27Titan has a thick atmosphere.

00:29Lakes of liquid methane and sweeping dunes.

00:32Dragonfly will hop between sites, flying miles at a time.

00:35It will collect surface samples and study them on board.

00:38The goal is to look for chemistry that came before life.

00:41The mission is planned to last about 3.3 years.

00:45On Titan, a single day stretches about 16 Earth days.

00:49Dragonfly is being assembled now in Maryland.

00:51Soon, its passenger list could stretch around the globe.

00:54Disclosure.

00:55This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.

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