Category: dragonfly

NASA delays its Titan drone mission by another year

Post author By Randall
Post date September 27, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, dragonfly, drone, Drones, gear, Nasa, News, pandemic, robot, Robots, Space, Tech, titan

[ad_1] It’s an ambitious project. This will represent NASA’s first multi-rotor science vehicle on another celestial body, and the first of any kind to carry its full science payload between multiple areas. The drone will spend nine years flying relatively regular missions to collect samples and study both the habitability of Titan as well as […]

NASA’s Dragonfly mission is sending an eight-rotor drone to Titan

Post author By Randall
Post date June 27, 2019
Categories In dragonfly, dragonfly mission, drone, lander, Nasa, saturn, Space, spacecraft, Tech, titan, tomorrow

[ad_1] BIG NEWS: The next @NASASolarSystem mission is… #Dragonfly – a rotorcraft lander mission to Saturn’s largest moon Titan. This ocean world is the only moon in our solar system with a dense atmosphere & we’re so excited to see what Dragonfly discovers: https://t.co/whePqbuGBq pic.twitter.com/BQdMhSZfgP — Jim Bridenstine (@JimBridenstine) June 27, 2019 Dragonfly is scheduled […]

Google thwarts shareholder challenge to its China search plans

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In alphabet, business, China, contractor, contractors, dragonfly, gear, Google, Internet, investor, investors, search, shareholder meeting, shareholders, Tech

[ad_1] The company had opposed the move, claiming that it had looked into a “variety of options” for expanding access in China that would stay “consistent with our mission.” There was also discontent over the company’s handling of sexual assault and harassment claims. CNBC noted that one worker at Verily asked Alphabet why it didn’t […]