June 1, 2026 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When NASA sends Dragonfly to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, the first-of-its-kind rotorcraft must first survive a roughly two-hour plunge through Titan’s dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. During that fiery descent, friction and compression will generate intense heat as Dragonfly decelerates toward the surface. At Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar...
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